Samuil Moissejewitsch Maikapar

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Samuel Maikapar

Samuil Moissejewitsch Maikapar ( Russian Самуил Моисеевич Майкапар ; born December 18, 1867 in Cherson , Russian Empire ; † May 8, 1938 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) was a Russian romantic composer and pianist .

He taught at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory . Biriulki (a suite of 26 short pieces for young pianists) is one of his most famous pieces .

Life

Maikapar spent his childhood in Taganrog . His parents belonged to the Judeo-Karaean minority. In 1885 he graduated from Taganrog high school and then enrolled at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. At the same time he studied law at the university, which he graduated in 1891. Maikapar received the conservatory diploma in 1893 and gave numerous concerts in Berlin, Leipzig, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Taganrog and other cities until 1898.

Between 1898 and 1901 he gave concerts with Leopold Auer in Saint Petersburg and Ivan Grzhimali in Moscow. In 1901 he founded his own music school in Tver . From 1903 to 1910 he lived in Moscow and gave concerts on tours through Germany. In 1915 he became a professor of music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. In 1927 he performed 32 Beethoven sonatas in the Small Hall of the Conservatory for seven nights in a row as part of the celebrations for Beethoven's 100th day of death. He wrote over 300 pieces of music and several academic papers.

literature

  • B. Volman: Samuil Moiseevich Maikapar Ocherk Zhizni I Tvorchestva , Publisher: Leningrad, Sovetskii Kompozitor 1963
  • Birylki. Small pieces for piano. Op. 28, Verlag Kompozitor 2007, ISBN 979-0660025475

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personal data
SURNAME Maikapar, Samuil Moissejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Майкапар, Самуил Моисеевич; Maĭkapar, Samuil Moiseevich; Majkapar, Samuil Mojsejevič
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian composer and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Kherson , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1938
Place of death Leningrad , Soviet Union