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Sangidorjiin Sansargereltekh
Sangidorjiin Sansargereltekh ( mn, Сангидоржийн Сансаргэрэлтэх ; born 1969 in Ulaanbaatar) is a Mongolian composer. Sansargereltekh had piano lessons as a child from his father, Choigiv Sangidorj. He studied from 1977 to 1985 at the Music School of Ulaanbaatar, studying piano with Lodoidambyn Nasanbat and composition with Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa. He continued his piano studies at the Music Academy with Puntsagiin Pagma and studied at the Moscow Conservatory from 1989 in composition with Albert Leman and piano with Elena Saweljewa. This was followed by a post-graduate studies with Leman, and from 1997 to 1999, graduated from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid. In 1999 he was awarded at the Autumn Festival in Ulaanbaatar for the best piano work. Commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma for the Silk Road Project Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north central Mongolia at an elevation of about in a valley on the Tuul River. The city was originally founded in 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist monastic center, changing location 28 times, and was permanently settled at its current location in 1778. During its early years, as Örgöö (anglicized as Urga), it became Mongolia's preeminent religious center and seat of the Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the spiritual head of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. Following the regulation of Qing-Russian trade by the Treaty of Kyakhta in 1727, a caravan route between Beijing and Kyakhta opened up, along which the city was eventually settled. With the collapse of the Qing Empire in 1911, the city was a focal point for independence efforts, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music School Of Ulaanbaatar
Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact definition of music, definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect of all human societies, a cultural universal. While scholars agree that music is defined by a elements of music, few specific elements, there is Elements of music#Selection of elements, no consensus on their precise definitions. The creation of music is commonly divided into musical composition, musical improvisation, and musical performance, though the topic itself extends into #Academic study, academic disciplines, Music journalism, criticism, Philosophy of music, philosophy, and Music psychology, psychology. Music may be performed or improvised using a vast range of musical instrument, instruments, including the human voice. In some musical contexts, a performance or composi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa ( mn, Сэмбийн Гончигсумлаа; 1915-1991) was a Mongolian composer, generally considered to have been one of the greatest contributors to modern Mongolian national music and classical music. He is credited with being the first to write Mongolian ballet music Ballet as a music form progressed from simply a complement to dance, to a concrete compositional form that often had as much value as the dance that went along with it. The dance form, originating in France during the 17th century, began as a thea .... He was also a Merited Artiste and Chairman of the Composers' Union. Selected works Symphonic music * Symphonic poem, 1950 * Symphony, 1952 * Symphonic poem about the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, 1955 * Symphony No. 1, 1964 * Symphony No. 2, 1974 * Symphony No. 3 (in memory of G. Dmitrov), 1982 * Piano Concerto, 1983 * Cello Concerto, 1985 * Symphony No. 4, 1986 * Symphony No. 5 (in memory of E. Telman), 1988 For Piano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational institution located in Moscow, Russia. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in musical performance and musical research. The conservatory offers various degrees including Bachelor of Music Performance, Master of Music and PhD in research. History It was co-founded in 1866 as the Moscow Imperial Conservatory by Nikolai Rubinstein and Prince Nikolai Troubetzkoy. It is the second oldest conservatory in Russia after the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was appointed professor of theory and harmony at its opening. Since 1940, the conservatory has borne his name. Choral faculty Prior to the October Revolution, the choral faculty of the conservatory was second to the Moscow Synodal School and Moscow Synodal Choir, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Leman
Albert Semionovich Leman (surname sometimes spelt Lehman in English) (, Volsk, – 3 December 1998, Moscow) was a Soviet composer of classical music. Albert Leman received his music education in the Leningrad Conservatory under Mikhail Gnessin and Vladimir Vladimirovich Nil'sen. In 1941-42 he was the chief of musical department at the Leningrad Regiment for Art of Leningrad Executive Committee. From 1942 he was living in Kazan, where he became in 1945 a professor at the Kazan Conservatory (1945—1970). From 1964 he was a member of the Communist Party of the UdSSR. He also worked in the Petrozavodsk Conservatory (1969—1971), and in Moscow (1971-1998) where he performed until 1997 the duties of the Head of the Department for Composition at the Moscow Conservatory. Among his students were the composers Sofia Gubaidulina, Mikhail Kollontay and Olesya Rostovskaya. Leman's music shows influence of Tatar folk music (e.g. in his "Violin concerto" and his "Suite on Tatar themes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Saweljewa
Elena may refer to: People * Elena (given name), including a list of people and characters with this name * Joan Ignasi Elena (born 1968), Catalan politician * Francine Elena (born 1986), British poet Geography * Elena (town), a town in Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria ** Elena Municipality * Elena (village), a village in Haskovo Province Film and television * ''Elena'' (2011 film), a 2011 Russian film * ''Elena'' (2012 film), a Brazilian film * ''Elena'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * '' Elena of Avalor'', an American TV series * '' Daniele Cortis'', a 1947 Italian film also known as ''Elena'' Music * ''Elena'' (Cavalli), a 1659 opera by Francesco Cavalli * ''Elena'' (Mayr), an 1814 opera by Mayr * "Elena" (song), a 1979 song by The Marc Tanner Band * ''Elena'', an EP by Puerto Muerto Other * ''Elena'' (play), a Cebuano play by Vicente Sotto * Extra Low ENergy Antiproton ring, a storage ring in the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN * Hurricane Elena S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid Royal Conservatory
The Madrid Royal Conservatory ( es, Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid) is a music college in Madrid, Spain. History The Royal Conservatory of Music was founded on July 15, 1830, by royal decree, and was originally located in Mostenses Square, Madrid. In 1852 it was moved to the Royal Opera, where it remained until the building was condemned by royal order and classes ordered to halt in 1925. For the next sixty-five years, the school had no fixed home, operating in a variety of locations. Since 1990, the Conservatory has officially lived in a restored 18th-century building (previously ''San Carlos'' Royal Hospital) in front of Queen Sofia Museum. Alumni Famous alumni of the school include: * Isaac Albéniz * Francisco Tarrega * Joaquín Achúcarro * José María Alvira * Pedro Albéniz * Ataúlfo Argenta * Emilio Arrieta * Teresa Berganza * Tomás Bretón * Jorge Cardoso * Pablo Casals * Penélope Cruz * Ruperto Chapí * Miguel Ángel Coria * José Cubil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autumn Festival
Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September ( Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southern Hemisphere). Autumn is the season when the duration of daylight becomes noticeably shorter and the temperature cools considerably. Day length decreases and night length increases as the season progresses until the Winter Solstice in December (Northern Hemisphere) and June (Southern Hemisphere). One of its main features in temperate climates is the striking change in colour for the leaves of deciduous trees as they prepare to shed. Date definitions Some cultures regard the autumnal equinox as "mid-autumn", while others with a longer temperature lag treat the equinox as the start of autumn. In the English-speaking world of high latitude countries, autumn traditionally began with Lammas Day and ended around Hallowe'en, the approximate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma ('' Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from the Juilliard School and Harvard University and attended Columbia University and has performed as a soloist with orchestras around the world. He has recorded more than 90 albums and received 19 Grammy Awards. In addition to recordings of the standard classical repertoire, Ma has recorded a wide variety of folk music, such as American bluegrass music, traditional Chinese melodies, the tangos of Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla, and Brazilian music. He has collaborated with artists in diverse genres, including the singer Bobby McFerrin, the guitarist Carlos Santana, Sérgio Assad and his brother, Odair, and the singer-songwriter-guitarist James Taylor. Ma's primary performance instrument is a 1733 Montagnana cello valued at US$2.5 mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silk Road Project
Silkroad, formerly the Silk Road Project, Inc., is a not-for-profit organization, initiated by the cellist Yo-Yo Ma in 1998, promoting collaboration among artists and institutions, promoting multicultural artistic exchange, and studying the ebb and flow of ideas. The project was first inspired by the cultural traditions of the historical Eurasian Silk Road trade routes and now encompasses a number of artistic, cultural and educational programs focused on connecting people and ideas from around the world. It has been described as an "arts and educational organization that connects musicians, composers, artists and audiences around the world" and "an initiative to promote multicultural artistic collaboration." In July 2020, Rhiannon Giddens took over from Yo-Yo Ma as Artistic Director. Recent events In 2009, Silkroad began an educational pilot program for middle-school students in New York City public schools. The program, called Silk Road Connect, focuses on passion-driven education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
