YURI KRASAVIN: A COMPOSER AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURIES
Uchitel' Konstantin Aleksandrovich Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
Submitted: 29.07.2019.
Abstract. The article identifies and analyses the dominant features of the style of the modern Russian composer Yuri Krasavin (*1953). Relying on his biographical data, the paper identifies his role in the development of domestic music, in evolution of Saint Petersburg composer school, reveals the peculiarities of post-avant-garde music, which flourished at the turn of the XX-XXI centuries. Among the key features of the composer’s style, the researcher identifies the following ones: aleatoric elements, wide usage of quotations beyond multi-stylistic context, analytical approach to understanding the nature of musical genres, application of new notation techniques, active usage of performance elements, conceptual art and techniques of instrumental theatre.
Key words and phrases: русская музыка, современная музыка, композиторский стиль, поставангард, алеаторика, цитата в музыке, концептуальное искусство, музыкальные жанры, инструментальный театр, Юрий Красавин, петербургские композиторы, Russian music, modern music, composer’s style, post-avant-garde, aleatory music, quotation in music, conceptual art, musical genres, instrumental theatre, Yuri Krasavin, Saint Petersburg composers, Russian music, modern music, composer’s style, post-avant-garde, aleatory music, quotation in music, conceptual art, musical genres, instrumental theatre, Yuri Krasavin, Saint Petersburg composers.
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