Artem Nikitenko: Contemporary Russian Composer and Pianist

An Invitation to Listen

Sunday
May 20th

Impressions of St Petersburg

Впечатления о Санкт-ПетербургеImpressions of St. Petersburg. The piano cycle.

Awards:

The winner of the Piano Composition Competition at “The Golden Key Music Festival” (New York, Diploma in First Degree, January 2010)

  1. A Walk Along the Embankment
  2. The City is Awaking
  3. The Western Wind
  4. The Theatrical Mask
  5. The Neva In the Moonlight

Recorded 12.12.2010 in the Orsk Arts College hall.

 

The Enchanted Forest

Заколдованный лес для фортепиано Written in September, 2008.

Awards:

- Third prize at “The Golden Key Music Festival”, New York

- Second prize at the International Young Composer’s Competition, “Maestro 2009”, Simferopol

- Second prize at the International Youth Music Festival “Hopes, Talents, Masters”, Dobrich (Bulgaria)

- First prize at the Local Competition “Inspiration”

Instrument: piano

Duration: 2:10

Dreams about Cartagena

Dreams about Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena is a city in Spain.

This musical piece is refreshing for its Spanish folk music influence.

This musical piece is appealing as you can hear the echo of Spanish traditions and its music.

It is written in the form of rondo.

Awards:

- First Prize at the International Festival and Competition of the Creativity of Children and Young People, “The Window to Europe” (St. Petersburg, 2007)

- Second prize at the International Youth Music Festival “Hopes, Talents, Masters”, Dobrich (Bulgaria)

- Third prize at the All-Russian Contest Named after Kabalevsky, Samara.

Instrument: piano

Variation On the Russian Folk Song “Iz-za ostrova na strezhen”

Из-за острова на стреженьVariation On a Russian Folk Song theme.

The famous folk song theme “Iz-za ostrova na strezhen” will be presented to the listeners in various styles: jazz, waltz, mazurka, minuet.

The composition is both interesting and easy to perform.

It was written in April, 2008

Fantasia, on a theme of Handel’s sarabande

Fantasia, on a theme of Handel’s sarabandeFantasia, on a theme of Handel’s sarabande, for the piano.

The middle part is written in the form of a small fugue.

The piece is written in the key of D minor

Written in November, 2008.