Publications

Scriabin 150 Festival Organization

2022-11-20

A look back at the Scriabin 150 online festival in collaboration with the Scriabin Society of America and Dutch pianist Martin Kaptein. This festival was a huge sucess and a lot of interesting ideas were shared.

Assigning color to harmony in Scriabin's music

2022-11-13

Presenting Martin Kaptein's master thesis on Scriabin's synaesthesia. How to connect color and harmony in the music and how to apply colors to Scriabin's Piano Sonata No.8.

Connecting Scriabin, Roerich and Lovecraft

2022-10-18

The Himalaya mountains feature a perfect point to connect Scriabin, Roerich and Lovecraft together. Their fascination of mountains is deep and profound. All of them have produced works that are heavily inspired by mountains. But why are mountains that fascinating to us?

Scriabin Club at Scriabin 150 Festival

2022-10-17

The founder of Scriabin Club, the pianist and educator Martin Kaptein, is invited to the Scriabin 150 Online Festival. This festival will take place from 11 until 13 November. Over these three days there will be presentations and recitals by musicians, artists and philosophers.

Vers La Flamme Astronomy

2022-10-09

Composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) believed that the world would eventually be immersed in, and purified by the heat of the sun: an ecstatic abyss of sunshine. This film was produced on the occasion of the composer's 150th anniversary (1872-2022).

Master Thesis Scriabin's Synaesthesia

2022-04-15

Thesis and research about the relation between color and harmony in the music of Alexander Scriabin. This includes its practical applications in the field of performance practice as well as music education.

Happy 150th birthday of Scriabin

2022-01-06

To all the readers of the Scriabin Club website and page, as the founder of Scriabin Club, I would like to wish all of you a happy 150th birthday of Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, someone who inspires us greatly.

Scriabin Sonata 4 Astronomy Film

2021-10-02

Alexander Scriabin composed his magnificent fourth piano sonata in 1903, and wrote a poem to go with the composition. The poem talks about an ecstatic flight towards a distant blue star. In this film, made in the library of the Arcetri Observatory in Firenze (Florence), the sonata is performed by Marco Rapetti.

Scriabin in Einbeck 2021

2021-09-09

In the week of 30th of August 2021 music by Alexander Scriabin was brought to the city of Einbeck, near Hannover, Germany. It sounded in various venues around the city such as Deine Linde, Junge Linde and the Rabbetghe family. Discussions about art were taking place.

Philosophy of Scriabin's 8th sonata

2021-06-29

Philosophical essay and look into the deeply mysterious 8th sonata of Alexander Scriabin. What does it mean to be a musical piece, to be art? Digestion of the necessity and absurdity of music philosophy.

April 14th 2021 Remembering Scriabin

2021-04-14

Today, on April 14th, is the day Scriabin passed away in 1915. As the founder of the Scriabin Club I would commemorate his live by featuring one of his works from his youth.

Update March 2021

2021-03-09

Scriabin Club is delighted to announce that as first members are already joining and contributing to the Scriabin Club we will have new posts and publications of articles in the coming weeks!