Alexander Nikolayevich Cherepnin

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Alexander Tscherepnin

Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin ( Russian Александр Николаевич Черепнин * 9 . Jul / 21st January  1899 greg. In St. Petersburg ; † 29. September 1977 in Paris ) was a Russian composer and pianist .

Life

Tscherepnin received his first training from his father Nikolai Tscherepnin and then studied at the Conservatory of Petrograd and in Tbilisi and was finally a student of Isidore Philipp . After concert tours as a pianist, he settled in Shanghai in 1934 . In China he also met his future wife, the pianist Lee Hsien Ming . From 1938 to 1945 he was a teacher at the Conservatory of Russian Music in Paris. From 1949 to 1964 he was a professor at the University of Chicago , after which he lived as a pianist in New York City . In 1974 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters . His sons Ivan and Serge also became known as composers.

Works

Tscherepnin composed four operas ( Ol-Ol , 1928, Die Hochzeit der Sobeide , 1933, Die Heirat , 1937, The Nymph and the Farmer , 1952), five ballets , four symphonies , six piano concertos , one concert for harmonica and orchestra, four suites , a string serenade , pieces for the accordion , two piano sonatas , songs , a mass and other liturgical works. Tscherepnin has also written several works for wind instruments / wind orchestra .

The four symphonies:

  • Symphony No. 1, op.42 (1927)
  • Symphony No. 2, op.77 (1946–51)
  • Symphony No. 3, op.83 (1951)
  • Symphony No. 4, op.91 (1957)

The six piano concertos:

  • Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 12 (1919-20)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, op.26 (1922)
  • Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 48 (1931–32)
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 ("Fantaisie"), op. 78 (1947)
  • Piano Concerto No. 5, op.96 (1963)
  • Piano Concerto No. 6, op.99 (1965)

literature

  • Ludmila Korabelnikova: Alexander Tcherepnin. The Saga of a Russian Emigré Composer. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2007. ISBN 978-0-253-34938-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Members: Alexander Tcherepnin. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed April 29, 2019 .