Efim Jourist

Efim Jourist (born January 13, 1947 in Kamjanez-Podilskyj ; † January 13, 2007 in Hamburg ) was a Ukrainian composer , accordionist and bayan player.

Life

Efim Jourist was born in Kamianets-Podilskyi . From 1966 he studied at the Gorki Music Academy , where he made the acquaintance of the composer Nikolai Tschaikin , which had a great influence on his musical development. After graduating in 1971, Jourist became a soloist in the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic and began his international concert career.

In 1992 he moved with his family to Germany, where, in addition to solo appearances, he also played with the Efim Jourist Quartet at festivals such as the Rheingau Music Festival or the MDR Musiksommer. The quartet consists of bayan, violin, guitar and double bass and also forms the Efim Jourist Ensemble with marimba / vibraphone and drums . In addition to the arrangements mainly by Soviet composers for his ensembles, he composed for bayan and orchestra. Efim Jourist died of cancer in Hamburg exactly on his 60th birthday .

Works

orchestra

• Carmen Fantasy (1998)

Georges Bizet , for bayan and orchestra

• Homage to Astor Piazzolla (1996)

for orchestra

• Flight of the Bumblebee (Black-Eyed Bumblebee) (1995)

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , for bayan and orchestra

• La Russie (1995)

Tango rhapsody for bayan & orchestra

• La Russie (1995)

Tango suite for bayan & orchestra

• Pavane

for string orchestra

• Four Seasons (2006)

Astor Piazzolla , for bayan & chamber orchestra

• A Long Way (2006)

Boris Fomin , for bayan & chamber orchestra

• Three concert pieces

for chamber orchestra

• samba

Bayan & Orchestra

• waltz

Iosif Ivanovici , for bayan & orchestra

sextet

Compositions and arrangements for bayan, violin, guitar, double bass, drums & drums

• Russian Rhapsody (2000)
• Choir from the opera "Boris Godunow" (2000)

Modest Mussorgsky

• Krakowjak (2000)

Mikhail Glinka

• Waltz (2000)

Iosif Ivanovici

• Lyric Quadrille (2000)

Traditional

• The Lark (2000)

Traditional

• Mackie Messer’s Moritat (2000)

Kurt Weill

• Reverie (2000)
• Brasiliana (2000)
• Suliko (2001)
• Suite No. 2 for jazz orchestra (2003)

(Suite No. 2 for variety orchestra) Dmitri Shostakovich

• Pictures at an Exhibition (2003)

Modest Mussorgsky

• Marcia alla Turca (2006)

Ludwig van Beethoven

quartet

Compositions and arrangements for bayan, violin, guitar & double bass

• Pictures from old Russia (1995)
• Homage to Astor Piazzolla (1995)
• I thank you my heart (1995)
• Russian Rhapsody (1995)
• La Russie (1995)

Tango concert

• A Long Way (2000)

Boris Fomin

• Tango Pizzicato (2001)
• Rondo Capriccioso (2003)

after Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's Rondo for piano Op. 33

• On the wave of my memory (2006)

Chamber music

• Korobejniki (1980)

Russian folk tune for bayan solo

• Moldavia Chora (1983)

Russian folk tune for bayan solo

• Polovtsian Dances (1998)

from the opera Fürst Igor by Alexander Borodin for bayan solo

• Lesginka (2000)

Aram Chatschaturjan , for bayan, horn, violin, drums, drums, guitar & double bass

• Song of the Don Cossacks (2000)
• Elegy (2002)

for piano

• The Shaman (2002)

for flute, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, drums, bayan, piano, violoncello & double bass

• Toccata (2002)

for flute, bass clarinet, drums, bayan, piano, violoncello & double bass

• Remembering Buenos Aires (2002)

for bass clarinet, drums, piano, violoncello & double bass

• Russian tavern (dialogue between two drinkers)

for violin & piano

Vocal work

• Six songs based on poems by Heinrich Heine (2002)

for voice, piano / bayan, violin, guitar & double bass

Web links

• Homepage of the artist http://www.efim-jourist.de
• Information http://www.sikorski.de