Nikolai
Kapustin is a Ukrainian-born pianist who received a thorough classical training
at the Moscow Conservatory before beginning a career in jazz as a pianist,
composer and big band leader. He is a
prolific composer with over one hundred opuses to his name. Kapustin's compositions fuse classical
structures such as sonatas, concertos, or preludes and fugues with an idiomatic
musical language that is purely jazz.
Although his works often sound improvisatory, no real improvisation is
required of the performer, as Kapustin meticulously notates every small note
and inflection. The Eight Concert
Etudes Op. 40 represent an integration of virtuosic technique with jazz
harmonies and rhythms, and are an electrifying successor to the grand
nineteenth-century tradition of dazzling concert etudes. Janice Fehlauer
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Nikolai Kapustin
Final, from Eight Concert Etudes Play
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Final, from Eight Concert Etudes Nikolai Kapustin
Nikolai Kapustin is a Ukrainian-born pianist who received a thorough classical training at the Moscow Conservatory before beginning a career in jazz as a pianist, composer and big band leader. He is a prolific composer with over one hundred opuses to his name. Kapustin's compositions fuse classical structures such as sonatas, concertos, or preludes and fugues with an idiomatic musical language that is purely jazz. Although his works often sound improvisatory, no real improvisation is required of the performer, as Kapustin meticulously notates every small note and inflection. The Eight Concert Etudes Op. 40 represent an integration of virtuosic technique with jazz harmonies and rhythms, and are an electrifying successor to the grand nineteenth-century tradition of dazzling concert etudes. Janice Fehlauer
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