Yevgeny Zemtsov: Chamber & Instrumental Music & Arrangements

Featuring

Eeva Koskinen
Katherine Routley
Mikhail Zemtsov
Sebastian Koloski
Daniel Rowland
Anna Fedorova

David Zemtsov
Björn Lehmann
Ekaterina Levental
Julia Dinerstein
Utrecht String Quartet
Evgeni Zemtsov
Ástor Piazzolla

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Composer's Artistic Vision

A significant influence on Yevgeny Zemtsov's music was his fieldwork collecting Russian folksongs and dances in rural villages, a compulsory part of his composition studies.

Compositional Technique

The Violin Sonata No. 1 by Yevgeny Zemtsov is dedicated to the memory of Sergei Prokofiev, and shows influences from Prokofiev's violin works.

Recording & Production

This album is the first recording dedicated entirely to the music of Yevgeny Zemtsov, despite his original works and arrangements being frequently performed and broadcast internationally.

Compositional Technique

Yevgeny Zemtsov's Three Inventions for piano combine his mastery of polyphonic writing and knowledge of Bach with the influence of Russian folklore.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Yevgeny Zemtsov, the composer, found inspiration in poetry from various cultures, including Arabic, African, Chinese, Iranian, and Japanese poetry, leading to vocal cycles like the Five Japanese Poems on this album.

Composition History

Yevgeny Zemtsov's only String Quartet was written when he was just 22 years old, with an important emotional impulse for its creation being bitter regret after a failed love affair.

Composer Biography

Yevgeny Zemtsov, the composer of the works on this album, was forced to switch from violin to composition studies after a serious injury to his left hand caused by excessive practicing.