It has enriched my expressive pallet by including more freedom in my playing in many different aspects.
The part of the research that directly involved my artistic practice has been of great value for me.
These things have helped me to develop my artistic practice. Furthermore, reading about Solotarjow’s life, analysing his composition and listening to different recordings, greatly improved my understanding of this music. It was really helpful to investigate the history of the instrument, the history of Russia and their music in order to get as close as possible to the Russian way of playing. My accordion built in Western Europe (Castelfidardo, Italy) versus the Russian-built Bayan (Moscow). Wondering about my technique and musical decisions, I took the chance to compare the two instruments with each other. Only the colorfulness of sound was still missing sometimes. I have achieved many of these characteristics in my own playing, even adding my own personal style to it in the end. Both their music and their instrument are very colorful. This research has proved to me that the Russians play very expressive, with a lot of passion and freedom. I have done this through listening, analyzing and comparing recordings, from Mika Vayrynen a Scandinavian bayanist and one of Russia’s most important bayanists Friedrich Lips and making my own recordings. Focusing on Vladislav Solotarjow’s ‘Chambersuite’ or ‘Sentimental pieces to Alexander Blok’, made me develop my Russian way of playing. What are the characteristics and how do Russian performers play? I wanted to get as close as possible to the ‘Russian way of playing’. Russian music has always touched and inspired me so it was obvious to specialize during my master in this subject.īecoming myself a performing musician I wanted to investigate what this Russian music is about. The world still honors their cultural heritage, their literature, dance and music. Through the centuries of this huge country’s history, art has always been of great importance, no matter what the political situation was. Research question: Does the Russian way of playing the bayan exist and if so, how can I achive this in my own artistic practice? Title of the Research: The Russian way of playing the accordion: a case study related to the Chambersuite of Vladislav Solotarjow
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