Yuri Khanon is a

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of ''Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov'' (russian: Юрий Феликсович Соловьёв-Савояров),
/ Encyclopedia of Cinema & Theatre (Bio) ru a Russian

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. Prior to 1993, he wrote under a pen name ''Yuri Khanin'', but later transformed it into ''Yuri Khanon'', spelling it in a pre-1918 Russian style as ''ХанонЪ''. Khanon was born on June 16, 1965 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1988, he became a laureate of the European Film Awards
// European Film Awards nov.1988 ("Felix" Award, the European analog of the Academy Award, Oscar Award), and in 1989, he won "Nika", a Russian cinematographic award. Due to his numerous concerts throughout Russia, as well as to TV and cinema appearances, Khanon reached the peak of his popularity in 1988–1992, but in 1993, decided to ''stop'' performing in public.

Biography

In 1988, in spite of an opposition of his old-fashioned professors, Yuri Khanon managed to graduate from the Leningrad Conservatory, specializing in composition. He named

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (, ; ; 17 May 18661 July 1925), who signed his name Erik Satie after 1884, was a French composer and pianist. He was the son of a French father and a British mother. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was an und ...

and

Alexander Skryabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...

as his teachers and predecessors, worshipping their

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and originality.
// Grove’s Dictionary of Music & Musicians 2001 Yuri Khanon is ''not'' just a composer; he is also a writer, a

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, a

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, a studio pianist, and a

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- selectionist. Khanon is author of

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and texts of almost all his works. His grandfather was

Mikhail Savoyarov Mikhail Savoyarov (russian: Михаи́л Никола́евич Савоя́ров, ''Mikhai'l Nikoláevič Savoyárov'') (, Moscow – 4 August 1941, Moscow) was a Russian chansonnier, composer, poet, comic actor and mime. In the first quarte ...

, a comic actor and composer, who was very famous in

St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

(

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) on the eve of the Revolution of 1917.
// Encyclopedie of Cinema, Bio ru Khanon became famous in 1988–1991. During this period he composed soundtracks to three films, gave numerous concerts, had several appearances on TV and published a series of articles and

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s. Many of his performances yielded public scandals, especially his concerts ''"Music of Dogs"'' (Moscow, December 1988) and ''"Dried

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s"'', where he performed with Erik Satie (Leningrad, May 1991). In 1992 produced CD "Olympia" (England),

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works of Khanon ''(as a Yuri Khanin):'' "Five smallest

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s", "A Certain Concert for piano and orchestra" and "Middle Symphony".

"''Five Smallest orgasms'', oc.29 (1986) were written as a direct response to Scriabin’s Poem of Ecstasy. A ''"Certain Concerto"'' for piano & orchestra, oc.31 (1987) was written in the
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of "false concerto", concerto/deception, where the listener is constantly deceived, having his/her expectations crowned with emptiness. The theme of deception is one of the main features of Khanin’s creations. ''"Middle Symphony"'', oc.40 (1990), with a text by the composer, is a large, quite extraordinary work with a rather unnatural and affected structure. It ends with a canon in which the three singers sing the same text backwards for 81 bars. The text is very abstruse, in fact almost absurd; it becomes necessary to overturn one’s impression of the whole symphony just listened to… Does this discussion exhaust the subject of this disc? I don’t know – I doubt it".

After 1992 Khanon ceased his public and TV appearances, as well as interviews and concerts, and stopped publishing his music works. Instead he decided, in his own words, ''"...to work and live in his own company "''. Khanon never participated in any professional organizations and is notable for his independent ideas and reclusive way of life.

"... Beyond all doubts, Yuri Khanon came into the
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as "the most closed and enigmatic composer". He was 23 when he won fame in Europe and made a sensation in Russia, but, after only three years of performing in public he stopped any public appearances contrary to the standards of a composer’s
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.
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ically speaking, he stormed out and started a life of a recluse, thus having declared: ''"I’m done! You’d better think I exist no more!"'' And we, his contemporaries, have nothing to respond"... ::::::::::::::::::::::— ''prof. V.Tikhonov, "White Mask Empire" (Khangёre Simnun,
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, 2003)''.

Among Khanon's works for theatre the most famous is " The Middle Duo"
//"Middle Duo" (video) ballet (the first part of his "Middle Symphony"), put on the stage in Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky theatre in 1998
// Mariinsky theatre: Ballets. ru and short-listed for the Golden Mask (Russian award), Golden Mask Theatre Award in 2000,
// "Golden Mask", 2000, ru then put on the stage in

Bolshoy Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, literally "Big Theater", p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and ope ...

// Bolshoy theatre: Ballets. ru and in

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theatre in 2006.
''New York Times'' "The Middle Duo". As a concert number "The Middle Duo" is performed around the world by almost all soloist (ballet), soloists of Russian

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

, though for 10 years Khanon's music has been used ''without his permission''. // Site of Korean ballet association, ru

From the very beginning of his career Khanon deliberately evaded calling himself a composer, a writer, or an artist. Creative work is the least important for him, because, according to his ideas, there's more than enough composers and artists in our world. ''"It’s impossible to walk down the street without bumping into just another writer or composer,"'' – Khanon

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wrote in one of his articles in 1993. He viewed his main mission not in creating works of art, but in promotion of certain concepts put to life by the means of art.

"...Yuri Khanon is a doctrinaire and an adherent of canons. This means he is not a composer. For Khanon the art of composing music is just a way of expressing his dogmas. Other ways he uses are literature and performance. Khanon plays Erik Satie’s and
Alexander Skryabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (; russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин ; – ) was a Russian composer and virtuoso pianist. Before 1903, Scriabin was greatly influenced by the music of Frédéric Chopin and composed ...
’s piano works for he sees them as his teachers, and he calls other composers ''"just some composers"''. He himself writes a lot of music which can be either ''"middle"'' or ''"extreme"''. <…> Khanon is a unique personality of our (and probably, some other) times, a strange and interesting person…" :::::::::::::::::::::— ''( Viktor Ekimovsky, "Auto-mono-graphy")''

Works

Yuri Khanon works almost in all sphere of academic music. Os de Chagrin Passepied

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s ** "One step forward – two steps backward" (oc.24, 1986, based on a famous article by

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). ** "L’Os de chagrin" (oc.37, 1989, ''"

The Shagreen Bone ''The Shagreen Bone'' (french: L'Os de chagrin, russian: Шагреневая кость) Op. 37-38 (1990) is a full-length ballet in three acts and an opera ''entr'acte'' in one act by Yuri Khanon, to a libretto by the composer based on Balzac' ...

"'', based on Balzac's novel "

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"). ** "The Nutcrackle" (oc.43, 1990, based on Pyotr Tchaykovskii's ballet "

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"). ** "Sigelle" (oc.55, 1993, based on Adame's ballet "

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"). *

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s ** "L’Os de chagrin" (oc.38, 1990, ''

'' opera-

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from the ballet ''L’Os de chagrin'').
// «Os de Chagrin» on VIP RU TVru ** "Dull Life" (oc.54, 1993, dull opera,

of Yuri Khanon). ** "The Force of Destiny" (oc.59, 1995, ''opera omonima'' based on opera

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). ** "The Norm" (oc.65, 1997, ''opera incognita'', based on opera " Norma" of

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). ** "What

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Said Indeed" (oc.68, 1998, clerical operette, based on "

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" of

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). *Pieces for

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** "The Symphony of Dogs" (oc.35, 1989). ** "The Middle Symphony" (oc.40, 1990). ** "Leafing People Through" (a 5 hours long orchestral

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oc.54, 1992). ** "Three Extreme Symphonies" (oc.60, 1996). ** "The

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Symphony" (oc.70, 1999). Khanon Symphonie Hilarante oc

* Pseudo-religious works ** "Missa sterilis" for five persons, (oc.61, 1996) ** "The Inner Requiem", '' albigenian «Requiem internam»'' (oc.71, 1999) ** the "Agonia Dei" mystery (oc.72, 2000) * Opuses for

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** "The average tempered clavier" (ос.39, 1990) ** "Satisfactory pieces" for acoustic piano (ос.56, 1994, «Pieces Saties-faisantes») ** "24 exercises on account of Weakness" (ос.62, 1996, for those wishing to go deeper) ** "50 etudes for fallen piano" (ос.64, 1997, for a fallen piano) ** "Ossified preludes" for piano (ос.67, 1998, four-hour time for piano)... and many other pieces of

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, and piano music.

«...Although Khanon calls Satie and Skryabin his teachers, it is not the music of these composers that attracts him but their tendency to link – some would say subordinate – their music to an
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. According to Khanon, a composer is an ideologist with regard to his musical material. Elements of play (both
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and
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), paradox, the absurd and nonsense (word
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and
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, pseudo-quotation and
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) all lend Khanon's aesthetic a desire to outrage the listener…» ::::::::::::::— ''(
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, Grove’s Dictionary of Music & Musicians)''

Since 2006, Yuri Khanon switched to a special «reverse method» of creativity, when ''«one score is written forward, and the other is simultaneously back to its complete destruction»''. This is his Hermetic answer: :::''"This world is a criminal, it deserves nothing but ash"''...

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: ''Im Fluss des Symphonischen'' (eine Entdeckungsreise durch die sowjetische Symphonie). — Wolke Verlag, Hofheim 2014, S.648, .

Works for the cinema

Yuri Khanon worked for the cinema only for a short period between 1988 and 1991.
// Encyclopedia of Cinema & Theatre ru He composed his first soundtrack (for "

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" by

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) already as a Conservatory student.

"...Yuri Khanin, a young composer, this year a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory managed to do everything about the orchestration, arrangement and choice of instruments in a very precise way. It was done with an ideal exactitude. Never before had I worked with composers so much, and I was really struck by his understanding. <…> I think that sound, no less than the image, should produce not only emotional impact, but is to have an altogether independent semantic meaning. The spirituality of the film as if finds its expression through the sound. And
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would not emerge by itself. If you might sometimes fail to keep alive the memory of a visual
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in your mind and in your heart the soul would never forget
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s…"From Alexander Sokurov’s press-conference on September 26, 1988. Journal "Ars", №12, 1988.
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. :::::::::::::::::::— ''( Alexander Sokurov, from press-conference on September 26, 1988)''

The film "

" won the " Euro-Oscar" ("Felix Award") of the European Film Academy in November 1988 in

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in the ''"Best Music"'' special nomination.
/ European Film Academy-1988 In spite of his great success, after 1991 Yuri Khanon ''never'' returned to writing music for the cinema. Filmography : *1988 — "

" (composer)
// Announce: "Days of Eclipse" ru *1989 — " Save and Protect, Save and Preserve" (composer),
// Encyclopedia of cinema.ru: "Save and Preserve" ru (the film is based on " Madame Bovary" by

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). *1990 — "The Petty Demon" (composer), (the film is based on "

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" – a novel by Fyodor Sologub). *1992 — " L’os de chagrin" ("Shagreen Bone", Chagrenevaia Kost (ru), 38 min.) (a pseudodocumental opera-film, where Khanon acted as a composer, a

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– in collaboration with Igor Bezrukov – and also performed the leading part).

Literary works

Since 1983, Khanon writes fiction and non-fiction as an essayist and novelist. His most famous work is 700 pages long memoir novel "Skryabin As a Face" (1995) based on the 20 years long Khanon's close acquaintance with the great Russian composer

. Part of the edition is a true polygraphic artwork produced with a natural leather binding, hand-made according to a 19th-century technique. The novel is written as a stylization of literary and spoken language of the beginning of the 20th century.

"...For the first time in the
history of music Although definitions of music vary wildly throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and it is thus considered a cultural universal. The origins of music remain highly contentious; commentators often relate it to the origin of ...
the narrator is not a biographer or a critic, not even a writer or a
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, but Alexander Skryabin’s counterpart and colleague and in a way a person of no less originality and uniqueness. This must explain why the memoir is absolutely free of banalities and literary
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. Even ten years after his death, Skryabin is still a bosom friend of the author, a neighbour, an internal brother-in-arms…"
// "Skryabin As a Face", Annotation from the "Faces of Russia" 1995, ru
— ''Annotation from the "Faces of Russia" (" :ru:Лики России (издательство), Liki Rossii") Publishing house''

In the year 2010, ''Center of Average Music'' and the publishing house "Faces of Russia" released another thick work of music history: "

, Yuri Khanon. Antedate memories". The book has a volume of 700 pages and it is not accidentally written in a provocative and free form. It includes ''all'' literary works, critical

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s, notes and even notebooks of Erik Satie, as well as almost all the letters, more than sixty drawings and all his entire life, from birth to death. ''This is the first book of Sati on Sati in Russian''.
/ "

, Yuri Khanon. Antedate memories" (" :ru:Лики России (издательство), Liki Rossii") Russian language, ru

Liens

''Canonic Yuri Khanon — official website'' ''ru''

Yuri Khanon par prof. Tikhonov

Yuri Khanon «Newspaper Menu» (en)
''(translation: prof.

Pak Noja Vladimir Tikhonov (born on February 5, 1973), well known as his pen name Pak Noja, is a Russian-born South Korean academic of Korean studies, and columnist. Biography Pak was born as Vladimir Tikhonov to a Jewish family in Leningrad, Soviet Uni ...

)''
Yuri Khanon «On the Musical Influence of the Dogs» (en)
''(translation: prof.

)''
Mirage of the Opera (ru)

«Middle Duet» (video) music of Yuri Khanon

Yuri Khanon: «Middle Symphony»

Yuri Khanon: «Five Smallest orgasms»

Encyclopedie of Russian cinema (ru)
* Yuri Khanon: texts on the sit
KhanógrapH ''(ru)''

Sources

This article is an abridged version of the article on Khanon ''( ru : Юрий Ханон )'' in the Russian Wikipedia

References

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