Scriabin Visionary and Poet

Featuring

Daniela Roma
Alexander Scriabin

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Composer Biography

Alexander Scriabin was a leading Russian musician, composer, philosopher, theosophist, poet, and concert pianist of European renown.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Scriabin chose the piano as the instrument for his profound dreams and visions, later expanding his compositional interests to the symphony orchestra.

Compositional Technique

Scriabin's mature works feature a unique harmonic and melodic language, using repeated short thematic fragments to create a 'dazed fixedness,' influenced by Eastern religious concepts.

Performer Biography

Daniela Roma, the pianist on this album, earned her master's degree in Piano Performance with honors from Rotterdam's Hogeschool voor Muziek, studying with Maestro Aquiles Delle Vigne.

Composer Biography

Scriabin died at the age of 43 in Moscow on May 14, 1915, from an infection caused by an insect bite.

Composer Biography

Scriabin's mother, Lyubov Petrovna Stochtinina, was a talented pianist who studied with Leschetizky, but she died when Alexander was only one year old.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Scriabin developed a personal artistic concept where sound, color, and even olfactory sensations converged into a mystical exaltation, making music a form of religion.