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EUGENE ASTAPOV
COMPOSER, CONDUCTOR
Welcome to the Website of Canadian Composer Eugene Astapov
"I believe that one of the most important talents a composer must possess is the ability to communicate with the audience. Much the way an author communicates a compelling story using text and phrasing, it is a composer's responsibility to do the same using sound. To evoke, provoke, engage, excite, and move the listener along the progressive lines of the music is the successful composer's achievement."
The Calgary Herald
"Rhythmic cells in the strings created a concentric effect until they gave way to a haunting passage in high cello solo. Soothing ostinati, quasi-Far Eastern glock percussives, and multiple mixtures of musical cultures abounded."
The New York Times
"The second of three movements, “Canticum,” moved from rich, almost Baroque string harmonies to a depiction of a ritual sacrifice with some of the aggression of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring."
The Winnipeg Free Press
"Raiskin infused its three masterfully orchestrated untitled movements with dramatic intensity, launched by thunderous chords seemingly bellowing from the depths, in turn punctuated by insistent temple blocks."
TINY SHATTERED PIECES - Eugene Astapov (Violin&Percussion); Evelyn Glennie and Maria Van Der Sloot.
NOCTURNE - Eugene Astapov (Chamber Ensemble); Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
HEAR MY VOICE - Eugene Astapov (Orchestra); Tonkünstler Orchestra
OBELISK: A Tribute to Ukraine - Eugene Astapov (Chamber Ensemble), National Sawdust Ensemble
DARK ENERGY - Eugene Astapov (Orchestra); Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
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