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Natalia Lvovna Termen ( Russian : Наталья Львовна Термен ; born 24 June 1948), better known as Natasha Theremin , is a Russian musician. Early life She is the daughter of Russia...

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Natalia Lvovna Termen (Russian: Наталья Львовна Термен; born 24 June 1948), better known as Natasha Theremin, is a Russian musician.

Early life

She is the daughter of Russian scientist, musician and inventor Léon Theremin and Maria Feodorovna Theremin (Gushchina). Her father invented the theremin, the instrument in which she specialized, in 1919.

Theremin received her first music lessons as a child from her father, who accompanied her on the piano. She graduated from the School of the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Academy with a specialty in teaching piano.

Career

Beginning in the late 1970s, she began to develop new techniques on how to play the theremin, and became one of the few prominent concert performers on this instrument at the time.

Natasha Theremin introduced the instrument configuration that uses the edge of the palm. One octave fits between the open and closed positions of the hand. These settings were favored by performers such as Carolina Eyck, Masami Takeuchi and Lydia Kavina.

Continuing the innovations of Lev Theremin, Natasha created new interpretations of classical works, including "Swan" by Saint-Saens, "Daisies" and "Vocalise" by Sergei Rachmaninoff and "Concerto for voice" by Glier. She performs contemporary music for the theremin, written especially for her (such as "Fantasia for theremin and organ" by S. Archer, "Melody for theremin" by Vorontsov). She gives concerts in Moscow, Leningrad, Kazan, Vilnius, Tallinn and is involved in the filming of documentaries.

During joint visits with her father, Natasha Theremin demonstrated the theremin at the festival in Bourges, (France)[1] and the concert program of the International Computer Music Festival in Stockholm (Sweden, 1990), New York University, the University of Berkeley (US, 1991) and during the award to Leo Theremin in the "Academy of light" in The Hague (Holland, 1993).[2]

On September 25, 1991, at Stanford University, a concert was held in honor of Lev Theremin, in which Natasha, accompanied by electronic music pioneer Max Mathews,[3] performed Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise".[4][5]

Léon Theremin creó una serie de conciertos para theremin tubular especialmente para Natasha . Bajo su dirección, Rusia intentó crear el primer concierto de theremin del mundo con tecnología moderna . El instrumento se presentó en festivales de Francia, Lituania y Suecia .

Tras la muerte de su padre, Natasha dejó de dar conciertos . Retomó su actividad pública en 2013, actuando en el Festival Theremin del Museo Central de Cultura Musical de Moscú .

En 2016 y 2019 realizó giras por Hamamatsu , Tokio y Kioto .

Natalia fue coorganizadora del festival internacional de cultura theremin, Thereminology , y curadora de la Escuela Rusa de Theremin (la única escuela de theremin en Europa y Rusia) .

Véase también

Referencias

  1. ↑ Montague, Stephen (1 de enero de 1991). "Redescubriendo a Leon Theremin". Tempo (177): 18– 23. doi : 10.1017/S0040298200013528 . JSTOR 945928 . S2CID 145282929 .  
  2. ↑ Chadabe, Joel (1 de enero de 1997). "Sonido eléctrico: pasado y promesa de la música electrónica" . Prentice Hall – vía Google Books.
  3. ↑ Institut national de l'audiovisuel (Francia) (1 de enero de 2008). Max Mathews . Centro de Investigación Informática en Música y Acústica de la Universidad de Stanford. ISBN 9782869382060– vía Google Libros.
  4. ↑ "Pionero soviético de la música electrónica realiza una visita histórica a Stanford" .
  5. ↑ Cunningham, Robert (1 de enero de 2001). Sergei Rachmaninoff: Una biobibliografía . Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313309076– vía Google Libros.
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