Ivan Tcherepnin

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Ivan Tcherepnin (born February 5, 1943 in Paris , † April 11, 1998 in Boston , Massachusetts ) was an American composer.

Tcherepnin, the grandson of the Russian composer Nikolai Tscherepnin , son of the composer and pianist Alexander Tscherepnin and the Chinese pianist and music teacher Ming Tcherepnin (Lee Hsien-Ming) and brother of the composer Serge Tcherepnin had lessons from his parents since early childhood.

When Tcherepnin was seven, his parents took up teaching positions at DePaul University , and he moved to Chicago with siblings Peter and Serge . He studied with Leon Kirchner at Harvard University until 1969 ; he also took lessons in Europe with Pierre Boulez , Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stockhausen .

He has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Stanford University, and in 1972 became director of the electronic music studio at Harvard University. He held this position until his death.

In 1978 Tcherepnin's first orchestral work was Le Va et le Vient . In the late 1970s, he worked with sound collages and minimalist musical structures. The study of Asian musical traditions gave rise to the Santur Opera in 1978 , which was performed by Peter Sellars at the Paris Festival d'Automne in 1981 and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Arts Electronica Festival in Linz in 1982 .

In 1980 he wrote Flores Musicales , a work for electronically manipulated oboe, violin and psaltery. In the 1980s he traveled as a conductor and teacher through Europe, Asia and the USA and was composer in residence a . a. at the Dartington Summer School in England, the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival and the Korsholm Music Festival in Finland. He wrote a number of commissioned works for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra .

In 1991, his oratorio And So It Came To Pass premiered at Carnegie Hall on the centenary of the Oratorio Music Society . His most successful work was the Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra. The work commissioned by the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra , written for his former students Lynn Chang and Yo-Yo Ma , is based on the genre of the romantic instrumental concert and was awarded the International Grawemeyer Award from the University of Louisville .

Works

  • Suite Progressive Pentatonique for flute, cello and timpani, 1959
  • Four Pieces from Before for piano, 1959–62
  • Monkey Bear Suite for flute and two percussionists, 1960
  • Deux Entourages pour un Théme Russe for Ondes Martenot (or horn), piano and percussion, 1961
  • Mozartean Suite for flute, clarinet and bassoon, 1961
  • Deux Entourages pour un Théme Russe for Ondes Martenot, piano and percussion, 1961
  • Reciprocals for flute, clarinet and bassoon, 1962
  • Cadenzas in Transition for flute, clarinet and piano, 1963
  • Sombres Lumières for flute, cello and guitar, 1964
  • Beginnings for piano, 1964
  • Work Music for Horn, Clarinet, Cello and Electric Guitar, 1965
  • Wheelwinds for nine wind instruments, 1966
  • Grand Fire Music for tape, 1966
  • Rings for string quartet and ring modulators, 1967
  • AC-DC (Alternating Currents) for eight percussionists and tape, 1967
  • Two Reminiscences for piano, 1968
  • Reverberations for tape, 1968
  • Soundtrack for Post Office by Derek Lamb , 1969
  • Light Music With Water for four instrumental groups and sound-controlled light, 1970
  • Summer Music for wind sextet, 1970
  • One, Two, Three for KQED for tape, 1970
  • Twelve Variations on "Happy Birthday" for piano, 1970–79
  • Les Adieux for tenor, alto, 14 instruments, tape, electronics and light, 1971
  • Three Pieces for Two Pianos , 1971
  • Watergate Suite for tape, 1972
  • Globose Floccose for string quartet, wind quintet and electronics, 1973
  • Clouds for tape, 1973
  • Film music for Peelings by Len Gittleman , 1974
  • Fêtes (Variations on Happy Birthday) for piano, 1975
  • Set, Hold, Clear and Squelch for oboe and electronics, 1976
  • Soundtrack to USA film by Eric Martin , 1976
  • Santur Opera for Santur and electronics with projections, 1977
  • Valse Perpetuelle "The 45 rpm" for piano, 1977
  • Le Va et le Vient for orchestra, 1978
  • Canzona for Tilman for small choir, 1978
  • Common Ground (Flute Fancy) for flute and tape, music to an ilm by Janet Mendelsohn , 1978
  • Soundtrack for Common Ground (Flute Fancy) by Janet Mendelsohn , 1978
  • Soundtrack for Sky Piece by Alfred Guzzetti , 1978
  • Five Songs for contralto, alto flute and electronics, 1979
  • Two Pieces for Piano : 1st Tango (1979); 2. Rounds (1968-79) Summer Nights (1980)
  • Oboe Concerto for oboe and wind orchestra, 1981
  • Prelude and March for flute and harp, 1981
  • Noël, Noël! for mixed choir, 1982
  • Star for mixed choir and harp, 1982
  • Just a Dream for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1982
  • The New Consonance for string orchestra, 1983
  • Solstice for chamber orchestra, 1983
  • Cantilenas / hybrids for violin and electronics, 1983
  • Explorations for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cellom piano and electronics, 1984
  • Explorations for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and electronics, 1984
  • Trio Fantasia for violin, cello and piano, 1985
  • Flores Musicales for oboe, violin and electronics, 1980
  • Rhythmantics for synthesizers, 1985
  • New Rhythmantics for string quartet, synthesizer and delays, 1985
  • Bachamatics for tape, 1985
  • Statue for symphonic wind orchestra, 1986
  • Constitution for symphonic wind orchestra, 1987
  • Butterfly Dream for mixed choir, 1987
  • New Rhythmantics IV for trumpet, string quartet, synthesizer and delays, 1987
  • Encore, Encore for violin, cello and piano, 1988
  • Concerto for Two Continents for Kurzweil synthesizer and wind symphony orchestra, 1989
  • The Creative Act for four performers with electronics, 1989
  • Farewell to John for mixed choir, 1990
  • And So It Came To Pass for soprano, tenor, choir and orchestra, 1991
  • Duo Fantasia "A Rose Is A Rose Is" for violin and cello, 1991
  • Music for Otto Hall for Three Trumpets and Four Horns , 1991
  • For Christmas for three recorders, 1992
  • Pictures at an Exhibition I: "Untitled" by Jasper Johns for Sampler, 1992
  • Carillona for wind symphony orchestra, 1993
  • Conversation Between Moon and Venus As Overheard by an Earthling for wind symphony orchestra, harp and percussion, 1994
  • For David Hughes for piano, 1994
  • A Musical Thought for a Thoughtful Musician for piano, 1994
  • Six Fanfares for Herald Trumpets , 1994
  • Santur Opera II: the Sequel for Santur, live analog and digital electronics and slide projectors, 1994
  • Pensamiento for Flute and Piano , 1995
  • Double Concerto for Violin, Violoncello and Orchestra , 1995
  • Pictures at an Exhibition II: "Sin Fronteras" by Ivonne Abaki for video and electronics, 1995
  • Song My Mother Taught Me for Sterichoctet, 1996
  • There Was No Wind for string quartet and soprano, 1996
  • Triple Concertino for English Horn, Trombone and Eb-Contrabass Clarinet and Wind Symphony , 1997

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personal data
SURNAME Tcherepnin, Ivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tscherepnin, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1998
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts