Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a ‘Concerto for Accordion?’
About Alfred Schnittke
Alfred Garrievich Schnittkewas a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a “composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in […] depth and detail.”
Schnittke’s early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich.
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Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a ‘Concerto for Accordion?’
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998)
I am not facing the problem of emigration. I want my music to be acknowledged here first of all, in this country: after that, we shall see – perhaps the question will than become urgent.
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998)
I would wake up in Moscow or somewhere else, my heart beating fast, feeling bitter and helpless.
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998)
For a solo work I need a definite idea. For the present I have none.
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998)
For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.
Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998)