Anatoly Petrovich Vapirov
Anatoly Petrovich Wapirow (also Anatoly Vapirov ; Russian Анатолий Петрович Вапиров * 24. November 1947 in Berdyansk ) is a Russian jazz - clarinetist , saxophonist and composer .
Wapirow studied composition and clarinet at the Leningrad Conservatory, later also saxophone, and worked there until 1982 as a teacher of jazz music. He has been playing jazz since the late 1960s and was one of the most important representatives of modern jazz in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, where he appeared with Sergei Kurjochin , Vladimir Volkov , Vyacheslav Gajworonski , Valentina Ponomarjowa and Tomasz Stańko , among others .
In 1981 Vapirov was arrested and sent to prison. Secretly produced recordings of his compositions from this period were smuggled abroad and appeared in England under the title Sentenced to Silence . In 1985 he emigrated to Bulgaria. There he directed the Varna Summer International Jazz Festival from 1992 to 2005 ; he also worked in a duo with Harry Tavitian . Wapirow recorded more than 60 LPs and CDs and composed several large symphonic works in addition to jazz music. His composition The Black Sea Project was performed in 2006 with the Varna Symphony Orchestra at the 15th Warna Summer International Jazz Festival.
Discography
- Hard way to freedom
- Vapirov Est-West Project
- There's Always Hope
- Concert by the Black Sea
- Vapirov Project "Waltz Str."
- This time forecer
- Bridge over Sea
- New European Saxophone Quartet
- Magic water
- Slavonian Mystery
- De Profundis
- Skitsi
- Black Sea Trio
- Macbeth
- Back to the future
- Invocations
- Concerto Grosso
Compositions
- Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra
- Ten jazz scenes on Macbeth
- Maskarad , rock ballet
- Macbeth , ballet
- Concerto Grosso for symphony orchestra and jazz quartet
- Concerto for symphony orchestra and jazz soloists
- Metamorphosis for symphony orchestra
- Passacaglia for symphony orchestra
- Slavic Requiem for mixed choir, soloists and symphony orchestra
- Symphony Lubok
- Concerto for symphony orchestra
- Sinfonietta
- Ritual dance for symphony orchestra
- 5 exersis
Web links
- Anatoly Petrovich Wapirow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wapirov, Anatoly Petrovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vapirov, Anatoly; Вапиров, Анатолий Петрович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian jazz clarinet and saxophonist, composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berdyansk |