Mikhail Yevseevich Bukinik
Mikhail Jewsejewitsch Bukinik ( Russian Михаил Евсеевич Букиник , Ukrainian Михайло Євсійович Букінік ; born October 29 . Jul / 10. November 1872 greg. In Dubno , Russian Empire ; † 1947 , USA ) was a Ukrainian cellist , composer , music teacher and music critic .
Life
Mikhail Bukinik was 1872 in Dubno in the area of Rovno in the Ukraine born. It turned out that a total of four family members, including his brother Isaak (violinist, teacher, music critic) and his two daughters, decided to become a professional musician.
From 1885 to 1890 Bukinik attended the music school in Kharkov , where he was also a member of the Association for Russian Music. During the following five years he studied with Alfred von Glehn at the Moscow Conservatory . In his solo appearances and concerts as a member of the orchestra, he played with musicians such as Sergei Taneyev , Nikolai Medtner , Konstantin Igumnow , Alexander Goldenweiser , Alexander Goedicke and W. Lambowskaja. Among his fellow students were such well-known musicians as Ferruccio Busoni , Alexander Scriabin and Sergei Rachmaninow . Bukinik completed his studies in 1895.
This was followed by tours in Russia with the symphony orchestra of Dimitri Achscharumow . After a short stay in Berlin, Bukinik returned to Saratov in 1899 , where he worked as a teacher at the “Mariinsky Institute of Virtuous Maidens” until 1904. At the same time he met the famous painter Viktor Borisow-Musatow , a friendship that stayed with him for a long time. Pavel Kuznetsov was the second painter who was very close to Bukinik. In 1901 he founded the so-called "English Club of Saratov" together with Borisow-Musatow, the field doctor and writer Vladimir Stanjukowitsch and his wife Nadezhda. In 1902 Jelena Alexandrowa , Musatov's future wife, also took part.
For the next two years (1904–1906) Bukinik lived in Germany, France and Switzerland.
From 1906 he made many appearances in Moscow. There he was also cello teacher at the prestigious Gnessin Music School, which still exists today as the Gnessin Institute and enjoys an extraordinarily good reputation. However, after the revolution in October 1917, the school was temporarily closed.
From 1919 to 1922 Bukinik was a professor at the Kharkov Conservatory.
In 1922 Bukinik emigrated to the USA, where he performed with a Ukrainian quartet and also played in a Ukrainian music theater. He published his memoirs in 1944 and died three years later (1947).
A personality who shaped and accompanied him spiritually from a very early age was his fellow student Sergei Rachmaninov, whose cello sonata he performed for the first time in Paris, thus introducing the genius of this composer to the public there. As he himself wrote, Rachmaninoff always stayed in his memories for Bukinik:
- “... and then S. Rachmaninoff appears. He is tall and thin, and his shoulders give him a square shape. His long face is very expressive; he is like a Roman. His hair is always well-cut. He does not avoid his friends, he entertains them with jokes, even if he is sometimes youthful and cynical, and behaves simply and positively. He smokes a lot, speaks in a deep voice and although he's our age, he seems older. We have all heard of his successes in Arensky's composition lessons . We knew about his ability to quickly pick up the shape of each piece, analyze sheet music quickly, and read it. His perfect hearing as well as his brilliant analyzes of the works of Tchaikovsky and Arensky astonished and inspired us. But as a pianist he impressed us more. "
Bukinik is the author of several cello works, children's schools and has arranged various works by Russian composers .
Web links
- Works by and about Michail Jewsejewitsch Bukinik in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on dic.academic.ru
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bukinik, Mikhail Yevseevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Букиник, Михаил Евсеевич |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cellist, composer, educator and music critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dubno , Ukraine |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1947 |
| Place of death | United States |