Conversations with Nikolai Kapustin / Yana Tyulkova.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyulkova, Yana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Composers.

Composers--Russia--Biography.

Composers--Ukraine--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (501 pages)

Place of Publication:

Mainz : Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG, [2019]

Summary:

This book is the monograph of Ukrainian-Russian Classical / Jazz composer Nikolai Kapustin. It grew out of meetings and conversations between the author and the composer. It aims to introduce the fascinating world of this modern day leading composer to a wider audience.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Content

Acknowledgement

About the Author

Introduction

Prologue

Chapter One: Childhood and First Steps in Music (1937-1952)

The Beginning of World War II

Early Interest in Music

Piotr Ivanovich Vinnichenko

The End of World War II and Beginning of Study at School

Lubov' Borisovna Frantsuzova

First Steps in Composition - Piano Sonata (1950)

Entering Exams at the Moscow Musical College

Chapter Two: Study in Moscow Musical College (1952-1956)

Avrelian Grigorievich Rubbakh

Connection to the Family and Teachers Frantsuzova and Vinnichenko

Recitals at the Musical College

Teachers and Courses at the Musical College

Self-Education

Composition

New Friends of Nikolai Kapustin

Life at the Mikhalkov House

Acquaintance with Jazz

Music in Mikhalkov's House

The Visit of Kapustin's Parents to Moscow

Final Exams of the Musical College and Entering the Moscow Conservatory

Chapter Three: Study at the Moscow Conservatory (1956-1961)

Alexander Goldenweiser

Study in the Class of Goldenweiser

Concerts of Goldenweiser's Students

Kapustin's Piano Repertoire and Interest in Atonal Music

Courses at the Conservatory

Accompanying

Kapustin's Injury of the Right Hand

Master-Classes and Concerts at the Moscow Conservatory

Student Life at the Moscow Conservatory and Kapustin's Friends

Composing Music at the Conservatory

The Festival of Youth and Students (Moscow, July 1957)

Jazz Quintet Experience

Last Exams at the Moscow Conservatory

A Serious Conversation

Postlude: Goldenweiser

Chapter Four: Years of Work with the Oleg Lundstrem Big Band (1961-1972)

History of the Oleg Lundstrem Big Band - The Beginning

Nikolai Kapustin Joins the Big Band

Kapustin and His Duties in the Big Band.

The Musicians of the Lundstrem Big Band

On the Road with the Lundstrem Big Band: Repertoire and Performances

Other Musical Projects of Nikolai Kapustin

Jazz Environment of USSR in the 1960s-1970s

Compositions of 1961-1972 (Ops. 2-13)

Nikolai Kapustin: Connection to His Family and Old Friends

Alla

Oleg Lundstrem - Postlude

Chapter Five: Years of Work with the Boris Karamyshev »Blue Screen« Orchestra (1972-1977) and the Russian State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography (1977-1984)

Boris Karamyshev and His »Blue Screen« Orchestra

Nikolai Kapustin - Transitional Period

Kapustin Joins the Karamyshev Orchestra

Kapustin's Duty in the Karamyshev Orchestra/ A New Life in a New Band

Karamyshev Orchestra: Instrumentation and Repertoire

Karamyshev Orchestra: Recordings on Radio and Television, Touring

New Acquaintances of Nikolai Kapustin: Varlamov, Lyadova, and Silantiev

Disintegration of the Karamyshev Orchestra

Russian State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography/Audition for the Open Position of Pianist

Work at the Russian State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography (1977-1984)

Growing Family of Nikolai Kapustin/Accident in the Summer of

1980: Performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2/ Acceptance to the Union of Moscow Composers

First Publishers

Russian Jazz Scene in the 1970s-1980s / Music of Nikolai Kapustin

Compositions of 1972-1984 (Ops. 14-39)

A New Turn of Life: Decision to Resign from Orchestra of Cinematography

Chapter Six: Freelancing Composer (1984-1999)

Life in the Soviet Union in the 1980s-1990s

Musical Life of Nikolai Kapustin in the 1980s-1990s/Recording of the Vinyl Records and Compact Discs

New and Old Friends of Nikolai Kapustin: Nikolai Petrov, Alexander Zagorinsky, and Hideaki Takaoki.

Beginning of Interest around the Figure of Kapustin/Back to the Life of Performing Artist

Life Complications: Worries about Alla

First Tour in Germany/ Collaboration with Alexander Korneev

A Second Trip to Germany

Compositions of 1984-1999 (Ops. 40-99)

Ruza

Chapter Seven: Years of Increasing Popularity (2000-2018)

Kapustin's Trip to London (May 2000)

Continuation of Recording CDs

Concerts of the Music of Nikolai Kapustin in Russia after

Burst of Popularity: Publishers and Performers of the Music of Kapustin after

The 80th Birthday of Nikolai Kapustin

Presentations and the Beginning of Research on the Music of Nikolai Kapustin

Compositions of 2000-2017 (Ops. 100-161)

Family Sorrow: Loss of Fira Grigorievna Kapustina

Kapustin's Flow of Life

Epilogue: How I met Nikolai Kapustin

Appendix A: Nikolai Kapustin - Chronology

Appendix B: Nikolai Kapustin - Discography

Appendix C: Nikolai Kapustin - Dedications

Appendix D: Catalogue of Works by Genre

Appendix E: Letters about Kapustin

Appendix F: Personalities

Appendix G: Miscellaneous

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Tyulkova, Yana Conversations with Nikolai Kapustin

ISBN:

9783959835923