Scriabin as a living source of ideas
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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
ReadScriabin 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!
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This Blog post is dedicated to the 149th birthday of the great Russian composer Alexander Scriabin on January 6th 2021. What makes his music so special?
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The connection between Alexander Scriabin and paintings by Nicholas Roerich of the Himalaya mountains. Why Scriabin Club uses paintings by Nicholas Roerich on its website.
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The life and three artistic periods of the famous Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Analysis of a piece from each period, outlining Scriabin’s shift towards atonality.
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