Andrey Rafailovich Kasparov (; ; born 6 April 1966) is an Armenian-American

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, and

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, who holds both American and Russian citizenship.

Biography

Early life and education

Kasparov was born on 6 April 1966 in

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, Azerbaijan, to a family of

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descent. He began his musical studies at the age of six, and he moved to Moscow at fifteen. He later entered the Moscow State Conservatory, graduating with honors in

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and Piano, in 1989 and 1990, respectively.Miller, Lynne. "Hard Work Translates Into Global Success." '' Port Folio Weekly'' 2 Sept. 1997: 9.“Concert explores music of Serbia.” ''

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'' 27 September 2001: 5D.Poulter, Amy. “‘Yo Quiero Pachelbel’: Why two pianists are taking a cue from Taco Bell to spotlight classical music.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 6 October 2019: The Sunday Break 1, 3. At the Conservatory, he studied

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and

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were with Yuri Kholopov, a famous Russian musicologist. Among his keyboard instructors were Nina Emelianova, Vladimir Bunin, Sergei Dizhur, Dmitri Sakharov, and Victor Merzhanov."Culture: 'Perestroika' for Symphony Orchestra." '' New Times'' 13 January 2000, No. 607: 8. His composition studies began with Tatyana Chudova and

Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (; – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, f ...

; he later continued them in the independent studio of Alexandr Chaikovsky.Vlasova, Ekaterina. "A Word About the Young, A Word to the Young: Desiring the Obsession with Ideas." '' Sovetskaya Muzyka'' 11 (1989): 21. In 1985, he was awarded a Third Prize for his ''

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'' for piano, and in 1987, was awarded Second Prize for his '' Six Aphorisms'' for flute, violin and cello, at the All-USSR Composition Competition.Vlasova, Ekaterina. "At the Editorial Office Piano...." ''Sovetskaya Muzyka'' 8 (1990): 40. Kasparov pursued subsequent doctoral studies in composition at the

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and the

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, with Claude Baker,

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, Harvey Sollberger, and Eugene O'Brien, and conducting instructor, Thomas Baldner. He also participated in Courses for New Music in 1996, in

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. In 1997 he was awarded Second Prize at the Prokofiev International Composers CompetitionIgnatieva, Mariam. "Following Prokofiev's Behests." ''Kultura'' 10 April 1997, No. 14: 2. for his Piano Sonata No. 2, a work on two contrasting

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rows. Kasparov earned his D.M. in Music Composition from Indiana University in 1999.

Professional career

Presently, Dr. Kasparov serves as a Professor of Music at

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, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate music composition, piano, and all levels of undergraduate

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, as well as leading the new music ensemble. Between 1998 and 2008, Kasparov led ''Creo'', the Old Dominion University's resident ensemble for contemporary music.Stanus, Joan. “Ensemble explores new works.” ''

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, The Compass'' 1 October 1998: 10. The group's final performance in March 2008, featured the premiere of Kasparov's composition, ''Tsitsernakabert'', for modern dance and six musicians: alto flute, bass/ contrabass flute, violin, two percussionists, and mezzo-soprano. Among the participating artists were members of the Second Wind Dance Company and mezzo-soprano Lisa Relaford Coston. Co-choreographed by Beverly Cordova Duane and Christina Yoshida, the work opened with eight dancers posed in a circle, inclined toward the circle's centre in a

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reminiscent of the eponymous memorial to victims of the Armenian Genocide.Rutherford, Laine M. “Tsitsernakabert: Original piece makes a powerful statement.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 19 March 2008: E5. Kasparov had previously worked with the Second Wind Dance Company in 2005, in collaboration with choreographer Jelon Vieira, on '' Iao'', an original work for dance, mezzo-soprano, and percussion, which incorporated elements of traditional Afro-Brazilian dance and

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, the Brazilian martial art.Vanhecke, Sue. “Global Dance Vision lives up to name.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 13 June 2005: B10. Besides his career as a composer and academic, Kasparov is a concert pianist and recording artist, whose discography encompasses several record labels including

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and

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.Jacobi, Peter. “Stewart makes bass trombone glamorous.” '' Herald-Times'' 1 August 1993: D4.Sayegh, Paul. “Virginia Symphony shines at Opera House.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 30 November 1998: B2.Guérin, Thierry. “L'âme hongroise d'Andrey Kasparov.” ''

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'' 9 December 1999: ORL/2.VanSlambrook, Holly. “Symphony's opening concert puts spotlight on Russian talent.” ''

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'' 5 October 2001: N2. Since 2009, he has shared the Artistic Directorship of the Norfolk Chamber Consort with wife and fellow pianist, Oksana Lutsyshyn.''Hampton Roads Show''. Chris Reckling, Andrey Kasparov, Oksana Lutsyshyn.

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. 7 Oct. 2013. Together, they are co-founders of the Invencia Piano Duo.

Work on Béla Bartók

Beginning in 1994 and in conjunction with Peter Bartók and Nelson Dellamaggiore, Kasparov began research into editing projects concerning

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hunga ...

's Piano Concerto No. 3 and his

Viola Concerto A viola concerto is a concerto contrasting a viola with another body of musical instruments such as an orchestra or chamber music ensemble. Throughout music history, especially during the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, viola was viewed mo ...

. Bartók's health grew steadily worse as he worked to complete his Third Piano Concerto, and his rapid decline eventually forced him to concede admittance to a hospital. Consequently, the last seventeen measures of the score were left in rough sketch. Before entering the hospital, however, he gave explicit instructions to his son, Peter, to insert seventeen bar-lines and a double-bar at the end; in his haste to finish the work, Béla had noted the precise ending in his native Hungarian. Bartók never returned to oversee the Piano Concerto's completion, having succumbed to

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on 26 September 1945. Final orchestration was eventually executed from the composer's notes by his friend,

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. The Third Piano Concerto was later published in an edition by Serly and

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. The original manuscript, along with numerous others, then became the subject of a protracted legal dispute between a trustee of Bartók's estate, Peter, and Béla's second wife, Ditta Pásztory-Bartók. The trustee asserted the composer had lost title to his own work in his lifetime, a claim disputed by Peter Bartók. The same trustee also denied Ditta's right to any income from music sales, so long as ownership remained in contest. Throughout the forty subsequent years of legal battles, all of the original manuscripts remained inaccessible. Only with the deaths of both the trustee and Ditta was Peter able to regain full possession of his father's documents and begin the long-overdue process of editing them. It was at this time the Viola Concerto, presumed lost, was rediscovered, amongst the possessions of the deceased trustee. Somfai, László. ''Béla Bartók: Composition, Concepts, and Autograph Sources''. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996.Kasparov, Andrey. “Third Piano Concerto in the Revised 1994 Edition: Newly Discovered Corrections by the Composer.” ''Hungarian Music Quarterly'' 11, Nos. 3-4 (2000): 2-11. Peter Bartók's intent, in association with Nelson Dellamaggiore, was to reprint and revise past editions of both scores, as well as to eradicate the many printed errors identified but never corrected by his father. Although few in actual number, changes made to the Piano Concerto affected the pitch content, pedalling, and tempos of several key passages. Overall, the revisions included including pencil markings by the composer in the final manuscript, not reproduced in the final photo-reproduction; adding revisions based on initial sketches by Béla Bartók; incorporating suggestions by editors and musicians involved in past performances of the Concerto; correcting typographical errors; and correcting errors in the printed piano part, appearing only in the two-piano reduction of the score. In 1994, Kasparov was soloist with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic (formerly Columbus Pro Musica) in the world premiere of the revised edition of Béla Bartók's Piano Concerto No. 3. According to conductor David Bowden, and Peter Bartók, who was in attendance: ::"These changes generally make the piano part more accessible or clarify questions of chordal structure...." The revised editions of both the two-piano reduction and the orchestral score of the Piano Concerto No. 3 are available from Boosey & Hawkes.

''Hommages Musicaux''

In 1920, in tribute to the late

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, the French music journal ''

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'' commissioned works by contemporary composers and concert artists. The collection was published under the title '' Tombeau de Claude Debussy'', with contributions from

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, Eugene Goossens, Béla Bartók,

Florent Schmitt Florent Schmitt (; 28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches. His most famous pieces are ''La tragédie de Salome'' and ''Psaume XLVII'' ( Psalm 47). He has been described as "one of t ...

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

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, and

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...

. Encouraged by the success of this premiere collaboration, editor Henry Prunières proposed a second dedicatory work. Published in 1922, seven of

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

's students laboured to produce ''Hommage à Gabriel Fauré''. Ravel offered a work for solo violin;

Charles Koechlin Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (; 27 November 186731 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. Among his better known works is '' Les Heures persanes'', a set of piano pieces based on th ...

and

Jean Roger-Ducasse Jean Jules Aimable Roger-Ducasse (Bordeaux, 18 April 1873 – Le Taillan-Médoc (Gironde), 19 July 1954) was a French composer. Biography Jean Roger-Ducasse studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Émile Pessard and André Gedalge, and was the ...

composed

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pieces for the piano;

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Louis Aubert Louis François Marie Aubert (19 February 1877 – 9 January 1968) was a French composer. Biography Born in Paramé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Louis Aubert was a child prodigy. His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to re ...

, Florent Schmitt, and Paul Ladmirault each contributed pieces for solo piano.Harrington, James. "Hommages Musicaux." ''

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'' 71.1 (2008): 200. Released in 2007 by

, with violinists Desiree Ruhstrat and Pavel Ilyashov, cellist David Cunliffe, guitarist Timothy Olbrych, and mezzo-soprano Lisa Relaford Coston, the Invencia Piano Duo (Andrey Kasparov and Oksana Lutsyshyn) produced ''Hommages Musicaux'', which contained both ''Tombeau de Claude Debussy'' and ''Hommage à Gabriel Fauré''.

Work on Florent Schmitt

In the mid 1990s, during production of ''Hommages Musicaux'', the Invencia Piano Duo was introduced to the catalogue of composer

. Intended as a

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to Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré, the recording featured ''Tombeau de Claude Debussy'' and ''Hommage à Gabriel Fauré''. Within each of these cycles was contained one of Schmitt's works for piano. Kasparov and Lutsyshyn were: ::“...captivated by the richness of Schmitt’s multi-layered harmonies and textures, as well as the vitality of the rhythmic structures in the music.” Kasparov's dedication to Florent Schmitt's duo-piano music, in collaboration with Oksana Lutsyshyn, culminated in the release of four CDs by

as part of it
Grand Piano
series.Harrington, James. "Schmitt: Crepuscules; Ombres; Enfants; Et Pan, au Fond des Bles Lunaires s'accouda." ''American Record Guide'' 77.5 (2014): 156. Issued in 2012,

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contained Schmitt's ''Trois rapsodies'', Op. 53, and the first-ever recording of Schmitt's ''Sept pièces'', Op. 15, composed in 1899. The album concluded with a previously unpublished work, ''Rhapsodie parisienne''. Composed in 1900, it is one of two unpublished duets by Schmitt. According to Kasparov, pencil notations in the score indicated the composer intended it for later orchestration. Special permission to record ''Rhapsodie parisienne'' was granted by Mme. Annie Schmitt, granddaughter of Florent. The first volume was voted "Recording of the Month" and "Critics' Choice" by MusicWeb International and Naxos Records, respectively, in May 2013. It is unclear whether many of Schmitt's works for piano duet had ever received formal public performances in Europe, prior to the Invencia Piano Duo's revival of his compositions. A number appear to have been composed by Schmitt as piano

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s, particularly the two premiere recordings, ''Sur cinq notes'', Op. 34 and ''Eight Easy Pieces'', Op. 41, which were included on Volume 2. Kasparov has asserted that Schmitt experimented with a method of composition based on the first five notes of the

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, an approach later adopted by the likes of Igor Stravinsky in both his ''Five Easy Pieces'' for piano duet, published in 1917, and his '' Les cinq doigts'' for solo piano, published in 1921.

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heralded the debut recordings of a six-movement work composed between 1895 and 1902, ''Musiques foraines'', Op. 22, and the ''Marche du 163 R.I.'', Op. 48. Volume 4 featured yet another of Schmitt's compositions derived from the five set notes of the ''primo'' part, ''Trois pièces récréatives'', Op. 37. The same album contained the first-ever issue of the ''Lied et Scherzo'', Op. 54, in Schmitt's version for piano four-hands, played on two pianos; composed in 1910 for double woodwind quintet; alternate editions of this piece were also prepared by the composer for horn and piano, as well as cello and piano. As of November 2016, it was announced all four volumes would be made available in a box set on the Grand Piano label of Naxos Records, with a scheduled release in January 2017.

Work on Paul Bowles

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was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. His musical studies began with

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. Subsequently, he pursued further instruction with

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. Thomson, Virgil. ''Virgil Thomson''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966, pp. 206-207. Copland, Aaron. ''Copland On Music''. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1960, pp. 161-162. However, critical success for his first novel, ''

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'' (1949), relegated Bowles' earlier musical efforts to relative obscurity. Briatte, Robert. ''An American in Paris'': “Portrait of Paul Bowles”. Liner Notes from Koch International (3-1574-2), 1995, pp. 5-6. Only in the decade before his death was there a revival of interest in Bowles' music. In 2016 the Invencia Piano Duo, once more in partnership with Naxos Records, released two CDs of Bowles' complete works for piano.

Volume one Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to: Albums * ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966 * ''Volume One'' (Sleep album) * ''Volume One'' (Fluff album) * ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008 * ''Volum ...

begins with works influenced by Latin American themes, grounded in the composer's affinity for the culture and his fluency in the Spanish language.Bowles, Paul. "On Mexico's Popular Music." '' Modern Music'' 18.4 (1941): 225-230. Lerner, Bennett.
American Piano Music, Volume I
'. Liner Notes from Etcetera Records (KTC 10109), 1984, pp. 2-3.Distler, Jed
"Sounds of America, Bowles."
''

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'' July 2016: 1.de Azúa, Félix. "Praise of lightness" ''

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'' Mar. 2017. The second of the two volumes closes with arrangements of ''Blue Mountain Ballads'' (1946), arranged for piano duet by Andrey Kasparov, and three miscellaneous pieces, set for two pianos by the American piano duo of Arthur Gold and Robert Fizdale. The latter three arrangements were discovered in the Gold and Fizdale Collection, held in the Peter Jay Sharp Special Collections, Lila Acheson Wallace Library,

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. Kasparov restored the original manuscripts which enabled these duets to be recorded for the very first time.

Awards

* Third Prize, All-USSR Composition Competition (1985). * Second Prize, All-USSR Composition Competition (1987). * Second Prize, Prokofiev International Composers Competition (1997). *

Prize, Orléans International Piano Competition for 20th-Century Music (1998).Serrou, Bruno. “Le concert de préfiguration du Concours international d'Orléans.” ''

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'' 201 (1998): 35.“Orléans-Express: Master class avec Kasparov.” ''La République du Centre'' 9 December 1999: OPB1. * Plus Award,

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(1999–2011, 2013, 2015).“Music professor at ODU receives prestigious award in classical music.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 29 November 1999: B3. * Prize-Winner, Contemporary Record Society National Competition for Composers.

Compositions

Original works

* ''

'' for piano (1983). * ''Six

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'' for flute, violin and cello (1987). *

Piano Sonata A piano sonata is a sonata written for a solo piano. Piano sonatas are usually written in three or four movements, although some piano sonatas have been written with a single movement (Liszt, Scriabin, Medtner, Berg), others with two movemen ...

No. 1 based on Armenian ''sharakans'' (1988). * ''Symphony of Three Cycles'' for symphony orchestra (1988–1989). * ''Three Prayers'' for string quartet (1993; revised 1998). * Piano Sonata No. 2 (1994). * ''

Perestroika ''Perestroika'' ( ; rus, перестройка, r=perestrojka, p=pʲɪrʲɪˈstrojkə, a=ru-perestroika.ogg, links=no) was a political reform movement within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) during the late 1980s, widely associ ...

'' for orchestra (1998). :::From 1998, the composition features an orchestra that retunes sans order, and, before a final collapse, changes its seating. The crowd's roar is imitated by the speech of the musicians, where words borrowed from the lexicon of political prisoners and Russian euphemisms, with usage of extended vocabulary, are vocalised. Included are musical quotations from the 1930s, ''

La Marseillaise "La Marseillaise" is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by the First French Republic against Austria, and was originally titled "". The French Na ...

'', and the '' Hymn of the USSR''. * Nocturne for bassoon, harp, piano and double bass (1998). * ''Michal'' for solo clarinet (2000).Kasparov, Andrey. "Michal." ''SCI Journal of Music Scores'' 33 (2002): 5-11. * ''Variations on a Theme by Mark Schultz'' for horn and piano (2001). * ''Fantasy on

Lutheran Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...

Chorales'' for

piano four hands Piano four hands (, , ) is a type of piano duet involving two players playing the same piano simultaneously. A duet with the players playing separate instruments is generally referred to as a ''piano duet, piano duo''.Bellingham, Jane"piano du ...

(2004). * ''Iao'' for modern dance, mezzo-soprano and percussion (2005). * ''Tsitsernakabert'' for modern dance and six musicians: alto flute, bass/ contrabass flute, violin, two percussionists, and mezzo-soprano (2008).''

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

'' 3 November 2008: 7. :::Reflective of the composer's Armenian heritage, the work was inspired by the eponymous memorial, which is dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, the collective atrocities committed during

WWI World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and th ...

by the Ottoman Empire against Turkey's Armenian population.Rutherford, Laine M. “Composer and troupe pay tribute to Armenia.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 15 March 2008: E5. Situated in

, capital of Armenia, the monument was designed by the architects Sashur Kalashyan and Arthur Tarkhanyan. * ''

Ave Maris Stella "Ave maris stella" (Latin for 'Hail, star of the sea') is a medieval Marian hymn, usually sung at Vespers. It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers, as the basis of other compositions. Background Authorsh ...

'' for bass recorder, great bass recorder and bass viola da gamba (2010). :::From 2011, the work is based on the liturgical hymn, ''

'' (Hail Star of the Sea), by

Guillaume Dufay Guillaume Du Fay ( , ; also Dufay, Du Fayt; 5 August 1397 – 27 November 1474) was a composer and music theorist of early Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered the leading European composer of h ...

.Shapiro, Craig. “'Universe' encompasses music, poetry and celestial images.” ''Virginian-Pilot'' 13 February 2011: E12. * ''Cadenza for LvB'' for solo piano (2010–2011); version for piano duo (2015). :::The composition is based on select harmonic and melodic excerpts from

Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

's Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1. * ''Rhapsody on Hassidic Tunes'' for solo violin (2012).Jenkins, Annika. “Sonic Youth.” ''

Symphony A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, most often for orchestra. Although the term has had many meanings from its origins in the ancient Greek era, by the late 18th century the word had taken on the meaning c ...

'' 64.4 (2013): 27-28. * '' Lorca'', operatic cycle in 5 parts; libretto by Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno. ** Part I (2015)

Arrangements

* ''The Lord is Sun and Shield from Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79'', J.S. Bach (1685–1750); arranged for piano duet and organ duet (2007). * ''

La valse ''La valse'', ''poème chorégraphique pour orchestre'' (a choreographic poem for orchestra), is a work written by Maurice Ravel between February 1919 and 1920; it was first performed on 12 December 1920 in Paris. It was conceived as a ballet bu ...

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(1875–1937); arranged for piano four hands (2008). * '' Oblivion'',

Astor Piazzolla Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla (, ; March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed '' nuevo tango'', incorporating elements fr ...

(1921–1992); arranged for solo piano (2012). * '' Totentanz'',

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

(1811–1886); arranged for two pianos (2014). * ''Mes de Mayo'', ''Baby, Baby'', ''April Fool Baby'',

(1910–1999); arranged for piano duet (2014). * ''Blue Mountain Ballads'', Paul Bowles (1910–1999); arranged for piano duet (2014). * ''Books 1 and 2 of

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Isaac Albéniz Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual (; 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909) was a Spanish virtuoso pianist, composer, and conductor. He is one of the foremost composers of the post-romantic era who also had a significant influence on his con ...

(1860–1909); arranged for piano duo (2015). * ''

Divertissement ''Divertissement'' (from the French 'diversion' or 'amusement') is used, in a similar sense to the Italian 'divertimento', for a light piece of music for a small group of players, however the French term has additional meanings. During the 17th an ...

from

The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...

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Pyotr Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ( ; 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally. Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular ...

(1840–1893); arranged for piano duet (2016). * ''Vers la flamme'',

Alexander Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin, scientific transliteration: ''Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin''; also transliterated variously as Skriabin, Skryabin, and (in French) Scriabine. The composer himselused the French spelling "Scriabine" which was a ...

(1872–1915); arranged for piano duo (2018). * ''Main Theme from Darling Lili'',

Henry Mancini Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Awards, ...

(1924–1994) &

Johnny Mercer John Herndon Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSylva and Wallichs Music Cit ...

(1909–1976); arranged for symphonic wind ensemble (2018). * ''Le bal masqué'',

Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

(1899–1963); arranged for piano duo, percussion and baritone (2020). * ''Pastoral Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248'', J.S. Bach (1685–1750); arranged for piano duo (2020).

Selected discography

As composer

*Vienna Modern Masters: ** On and Off the Keys: Music for Solo Instruments and Small Ensemble, Distinguished Performers Series IV (Andrey Kasparov, Piano Sonata No. 2) ** Twentieth Century Classics: Music for Piano and Strings, Distinguished Performers Series III (Andrey Kasparov, ''Toccata'' for piano) ** Music from Six Continents (1999 Series) (Andrey Kasparov, ''Perestroika'' for orchestra) * Contemporary Record Society: ** Four Paintings: Contemporary American Composers (Andrey Kasparov, ''Toccata'' for piano) * Atlantic Music Artist Agency: ** New Music in Ukraine, Chamber Ensemble (4) (Andrey Kasparov, ''Michal'' for solo clarinet)

As performer

Columbus Indiana Philharmonic * Rachmaninoff by Kasparov.

Sergei Rachmaninoff Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and Conducting, conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a compos ...

: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18; Sergei Rachmaninoff/ Franz Behr, Polka de W.R. (Encore) Albany Records * ''Hommages Musicaux''. Two collections of compositions honouring the memories of Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré (Invencia Piano Duo): ::'' Tombeau de Claude Debussy'' ::#

, ''La plainte, au loin, du faune'' ::#

, ''L'Accueil des Muses'' ::#

, ''A Claudio Debussy'' ::# Eugene Goossens, ''Hommage à Debussy'' ::#

, Improvisation on a Hungarian Peasant Song ::#

, ''Et Pan, au fond des blés lunaires, s'accouda'' ::#

, ''Fragment des Symphonies pour instruments à vent à la mémoire de C.A. Debussy'' ::# Maurice Ravel, ''Duo pour Violine et Violoncelle'' (Desiree Ruhstrat, Violin; David Cunliffe, Cello) ::#

, ''Homenaja'' (Timothy Olbrych, Guitar) ::#

, ''Que me font ses vallon'' (Lisa Coston, Mezzo-Soprano) ::''Hommage à Gabriel Fauré'', Seven Pieces on the Name of Fauré (''Berceuse sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré'') ::# Maurice Ravel (Pavel Ilyashov, Violin) ::#

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::# Florent Schmitt ::#

::# Paul Ladmirault ::#

* ''Ignis Fatuus''. Works by Adolphus Hailstork (Invencia Piano Duo):Cook, Paul. "Ignis Fatuus." ''American Record Guide'' 72.5 (2009): 101-102.Clarke, Colin. "Hailstork: 2 Scherzos." ''

Fanfare A fanfare (or fanfarade or flourish) is a short musical flourish which is typically played by trumpets (including fanfare trumpets), French horns or other brass instruments, often accompanied by percussion. It is a "brief improvised introdu ...

'' 33.1 (2009): 157-158.Clarke, Colin. "Defining Self: Adolphus Hailstork in Interview." ''Fanfare'' 36.3 (2013): 40-44. :# Two Scherzos :# Trio Sonata :# ''Ignis Fatuus'' :# Eight Variations on " Shalom chaverim" :# Piano Sonata No. 2 :# Sonata for Two Pianos Naxos Records *

: Complete Piano Works – Vol. 1 :# ''Huapango No. 1'' :# ''Iquitos, Tierra Mojada'' :# ''Guayanilla'' :# ''Huapango No. 2, El Sol'' :# ''2 Portraits'' :# ''Portrait of 5'' :# ''Souvenir: A Portrait of Paul Bowles'' :# ''7 Anniversaries: No. 4. For Paul Bowles'' :# ''La Cuelga'' :# ''Constance Askew in the Garden'' :# ''Folk Preludes'' :# ''Apotheosis: A Dance for Welland Lathrop'' :# ''The Wind Remains: Dance'' :# ''Pastorela: El Indio'' :# ''6 Preludes'' :# ''Mes de Mayo'' :# ''April Fool Baby'' :# ''On Whitman Avenue: Sleeping Song/ Baby, Baby'' :# ''Sonata for 2 Pianos'' * Paul Bowles: Complete Piano Works – Vol. 2 :# ''Night Waltz'' :# '' Nocturne'' :# ''Cross Country'' :# ''Impasse de Tombouctou'' :# ''Café Sin Nombre'' :# ''Theseus and Maldoror'' :# ''Carretera de Estepona'' :# ''Sonatina Fragmentaria'' :# ''4 Miniatures'' :# ''El Bejuco'' :# ''Orosí'' :# ''Sayula'' :# ''Tamanar'' :# ''Piano Sonatina'' :# ''Blue Mountain Ballads'' :# ''Colloque Sentimental'' :# ''Pastorela: Caminata'' :# ''Turkey Trot'' * Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo – Vol. 1 (Invencia Piano Duo)Fleury, Michel. "Les CD de A à Z: Florent Schmitt." '' Classica'' 152 (2013): 102.Schäfer, Burkhard. "Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo – Vol. 1." '' PianoNEWS'' Jan./Feb. 2013: 109.Clarke, Colin. "F. Schmitt Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo, Volume 1."
International Piano
'' Jan./Feb. 2013: 82.Harrington, James. "Schmitt, F.: Piano Duet and Duo Works (Complete), Vol. 1 (Invencia Piano Duo)." ''American Record Guide'' 76.3 (2013): 154-155. :# ''Trois rapsodies'', Op. 53 :# ''Sept pièces'', Op. 15 :# ''Rhapsodie parisienne'' *Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo – Vol. 2 (Invencia Piano Duo) :# ''Sur cinq notes'', Op. 34 :# '' Reflets d'Allemagne'', Op. 28 :# ''Eight Easy Pieces'', Op. 41 *Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo – Vol. 3 (Invencia Piano Duo)Fleury, Michel. "Les CD de A à Z: Florent Schmitt." ''Classica'' 154 (2013): 108.Harrington, James. "Schmitt: Piano Duets 3." ''American Record Guide'' 76.5 (2013): 179-180. :# ''Marche du 163 R.I.'', Op. 48, No. 2 :# ''Feuillets de voyage'', Book 1, Op. 26 :# ''Feuillets de voyage'', Book 2, Op. 26 :# ''Musiques foraines'', Op. 22 * Florent Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo – Vol. 4 (Invencia Piano Duo)Scott, Phillip. "Schmitt: Humoresques. Lied and Scherzo. Trois pièces récréatives.

Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil ''Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil'' (Op. 73) is an orchestral suite by Florent Schmitt adapted from his music for the homonymous ballet ("divertissement chorégraphique") after a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.Round, Michael. "Schmitt: Complete Original Works for Piano Duet and Duo, Volume 4." ''

International Record Review ''International Record Review'' was an independent British monthly classical music magazine. First published in March 2000, and defunct by April 2015 according to its website,International Record Review websit Retrieved 3 April 2015. the magazine ...

'' 13.10 (2014): 57.Fleury, Michel. "Les CD de A à Z: Florent Schmitt." ''Classica'' 160 (2014): 102. :# ''Humoresques'', Op. 43 :# ''Lied et scherzo'', Op. 54 (for piano four hands) :# ''Trois pièces récréatives'', Op. 37 :# ''

Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil ''Le Petit Elfe Ferme-l'œil'' (Op. 73) is an orchestral suite by Florent Schmitt adapted from his music for the homonymous ballet ("divertissement chorégraphique") after a tale by Hans Christian Andersen.'Podcast 32: Featuring Andrey Kasparov, composer'
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