Eduard Moissejewitsch Schafranski
Eduard Moissejewitsch Schafranski , Russian Эдуард Моисеевич Шафра́нский , English transcription: Eduard Shafransky , (born October 16, 1937 in Krasnoyarsk ; † December 18, 2005 in Yekaterinburg ) was a Russian classical guitarist and composer .
Life
Eduard Schafranski studied classical guitar from 1961 to 1965 at the Tchaikovsky Academy of Music in Sverdlovsk (today: Yekaterinburg ), where he later founded the Renaissance early music ensemble and initiated the April Evenings Festival . In the last years of his life, Schafranski devoted himself to composing and created a number of works for guitar. In 2002 he met the internationally known Austrian guitarist Johanna Beisteiner , who performed several of his works for the first time, including the piece Caravaggio oggi for guitar solo, of which a video clip was also released on the Hungarian label Gramy Records .
Works for guitar solo (selection)
- Requiem for guitar (WP September 24, 2004, St. Blasius Church, Klein-Wien , Austria )
- Caravaggio oggi or Thoughts on a Picture by Caravaggio (Premiere October 29, 2007, Dom Aktyora, Yekaterinburg, Russia)
- Night in Granada (Premiere October 29, 2007, Dom Aktyora, Yekaterinburg , Russia)
- The old quarters of Alania (Premiere May 18, 2009, Festival Bravo, Yekaterinburg , Russia)
- The Songs of the Surf (Premiere May 18, 2009, Festival Bravo, Yekaterinburg , Russia)
Discography
- Johanna Beisteiner : Live in Budapest (DVD, Gramy Records 2010) with the video clip Caravaggio oggi based on music by Eduard Schafranski; Audio sample from Caravaggio oggi.
Web links
- Eduard Schafranski's catalog raisonné on Johanna Beisteiner's official website
- Становление и развитие гитарного исполнительства в г. Челябинск / Origin and development of performances of guitar music in the city of Chelyabinsk . Presentation with biography of Schafranski. 2011. (Russian)
- Sheet music and audio samples by Eduard Schafranski in the music archive of Boris Tarakanow (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Гитара делает людей человечнее / Guitar makes people more human (PDF; 410 kB). Article with an interview by Johanna Beisteiner . Chronicle of the festival Bravo! . Theater Council of the Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg, May 2009 (Russian)
- ↑ Discography by Johanna Beisteiner on the official website of Gramy Records
- ^ Johanna Beisteiner: Live in Budapest . DVD GR-089
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| SURNAME | Schafranski, Eduard Moissejewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шафра́нский, Эдуард Моисеевич (Russian); Shafransky, Eduard (English transcription) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krasnoyarsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2005 |
| Place of death | Ekaterinburg |