Pianist Anna Zassimova is also an art historian and musicologist, known for rediscovering the Franco-Russian composer Georges Catoire.
Composer Biography
Sergej Tanejew succeeded his close friend Peter Tchaikovsky as a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sergej Tanejew, a Russian composer, believed that thorough craftsmanship and exploring all contrapuntal combinations of musical material were more important than spontaneous inspiration.
Composer Biography
Sergej Tanejew was a child prodigy, entering the Moscow Conservatory at age ten, and later studied with Anton Rubinstein and Peter Tchaikovsky.
Compositional Technique
Sergej Tanejew often linked movements in his multi-movement works with common thematic material, ensuring they mutually reflected each other.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sergej Tanejew preferred to compose the finale of a multi-movement work first, to ensure it was written with fresh energy and to guide the direction of the other movements.
Compositional Technique
Sergej Tanejew's meticulous approach to composition was legendary; he could fill hundreds of pages with sketches for a single string quartet.
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