Alexander Rosenblatt

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Alexander Rosenblatt ( Russian Александр Розенблат ; born July 31, 1956 in Moscow ) is a Russian composer.

Life

Alexander Rosenblatt comes from a musical family in Moscow. Between 1975 and 1982 he studied piano with Gilels' student Pavel Messner and composition with Karen Chatschaturjan at the Moscow Conservatory . As a student he was already occupied with jazz and wrote his musicological thesis on American piano jazz (with Jiovanni Mikchailov). From 1983 to 1990 he taught at the Gnessin Music Academy in Moscow, after which he worked as a freelance pianist and composer in Moscow. Rosenblatt gave concerts as a soloist and also in a piano duo with Oleg Sinkin or Nikolai Tokarew and also played jazz .

Rosenblatt has published several compositions for solo instruments and symphony orchestras (violin, horn, piano, oboe, cello), a sextet for wind instruments and piano, and a cantata for mixed choir and wind quintet. Furthermore, numerous piano works, including three piano sonatas, the ballet music Alice in Wonderland for symphony orchestra, various variations on themes by Chopin, Paganini, Bizet for piano, songs and choral compositions, as well as Jaroslav Mudrij ( Yaroslav the Wise ) for symphony orchestra, mixed choir, boys' choir and soloists . His compositions move stylistically between serious and light music and also touch the crossover to jazz.

In 2011 Rosenblatt signed a contract with Schott Music , which sells its music worldwide.

The pianist Nikolai Tokarew, to whom Rosenblatt dedicated various pieces, ensures the performance and dissemination of his oeuvre during his tours in Western Europe.

Works

Piano solo

  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1988)
  • Three piano sonatas (1987, 1988, 1994)
  • Etude in blue (1988)
  • Chopin Variations, 14 Variations and Finale on Chopin's Prelude in C minor (1989)
  • Tango (1993)
  • Christmas Fantasy (2004)
  • Preludio e fuga latina (2007)
  • If Scarlatti could swing, 2 Sonatas for Piano (2007)
  • Preludio e Fuga latino (2007)
  • Swan Lake, Suite-Fantasy from Tschaikowsky`s Suite op.20 (2008)
  • Liszt Fantasy (2011)
  • Bumble-Bee-Bop, Concert Piece after N. Rimski-Korsakov (2012)
  • Wagneriana, concert fantasy for piano (2013)
  • Swing is a good thing. Jazz Sonatina for Piano (2014)
  • Etude in blue

Piano duo

  • Alice in Wonderland, 2 Humoristic Pieces for Piano Duet (1994)
  • Carmen Fantasy for 2 pianos (1994)
  • Concertino on two Russian themes for piano four hands (1996)
  • Tango for 2 pianos (1997)
  • Rimski-Korsakov-Fantasy for 2 pianos (2003)
  • Ave Maria for piano four hands (2004)
  • Fantasy on Japanese Themes for 2 Pianos 8 hands

Chamber music

  • Jazz Sonata for cello and piano
  • Blues for cello and piano
  • Waltz Elegy for Violoncello and Piano
  • Swinging Fugue for violin solo
  • Tango for Violin and Piano (2015)
  • Tango for Clarinet and Piano
  • Tango for violin, violoncello and piano
  • Carmen Fantasy for clarinet (violin) and piano (1993)
  • Ave Maria for Voice and Piano

Orchestral music

  • Alice in Wonderland, ballet music for large orchestra (1992)

literature

Rainer Mohrs: Master of the virtuoso concert fantasy. The composer Alexander Rosenblatt. In: Piano News, magazine for piano, issue 5, September / October 2013, pp. 42–46

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personal data
SURNAME Rosenblatt, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Розенблат, Александр (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow