André Volkonsky

The 'Suite de los espejos' is a remarkable work for its time. The very first word, 'Christ', was a provocation and a challenge to the predominance of dogmatic Marxist-Leninist ideas in Soviet art. Gar...

Prince André Volkonsky (1933-2008) was a rather charismatic figure in the Russian post-war music scene. His role as a 'pioneer' in the field of twelve-note music in Russia cannot be overemphasized. Hi...

This piano piece is of historical importance for Russian and Soviet music, for it was the first to make some use of dodecaphonic techniques. However, the composer used the technique in an intuitive wa...

Prince André Volkonsky (1933-2008) was a rather charismatic figure in the Russian post-war music scene. His role as a 'pioneer' in the field of twelve-note music in Russia cannot be overemphasized. Hi...

That which is still alive' is one of the composer's most sophisticated lyrical utterances, and was inspired by the poetry of Johannes Bobrowski. This seemingly simple, though actually highly complex p...

'That which is still alive' is one of the composer's most sophisticated lyrical utterances, and was inspired by the poetry of Johannes Bobrowski. This seemingly simple, though actually highly complex...