Efim Jourist (January 13, 1947 – January 13, 2007, born Yukhym Yukhymovych Yuryst) was a Soviet and German composer, accordionist and bajan player.

Life

Efim Jourist was born in

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, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, graduated from the Kamianets-Podilskyi City Children's Music School in 1961, and studied at the Khmelnytskyi Music School, now known as the , from 1962–1966. From 1966 until 1971 he studied at the conservatory of Gorky where he made the acquaintance of the composer Nikolai Chaykin. This connection had a great influence on his musical development. After his graduation he became a soloist with the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic orchestra and he started on an international career. Jourist came to Germany with his family in 1992, where he continued giving recitals. Jourist also founded the quartet ''Efim Jourist Quartett'' which consists of bajan, violin, guitar and double bass. With his quartet he has played on many international festivals, like the

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in Germany. The quartet can be extended to the ''Efim Jourist Ensemble'' which consists of marimba/vibraphone and percussion in addition. During his life Jourist has arranged many compositions of mainly soviet composers for his ensembles and he has composed himself for bajan and orchestra. Efim Jourist died from cancer on his 60th birthday in Hamburg, Germany.

Major works

Orchestra

* Carmen-Fantasie (1998) : arrangement of

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, for bajan and orchestra * Hommage à Astor Piazola (1996) : for orchestra * Hummelflug (Schwarzäugige Hummel) (1995, "Flight of the Bumblebee") : arrangement of

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, for bajan und orchestra * La Russie (1995) : tango-rhapsody for bajan & orchestra * Pavane : for strings * Vier Jahreszeiten (2006) : arrangement of

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 ...

, for bajan & chamber orchestra

Quartet

* Bilder aus dem alten Russland (1995, "Pictures from Old Russia") * Ich danke dir, mein Herz (1995, "I thank you, my heart") * Russische Rhapsodie (1995, "Russian Rhapsody") * La Russie (1995) : tango-concerto * Ein weiter Weg (2000, "A long Way") : arrangement of

Boris Fomin Boris Ivanovich Fomin (, ; 12 April 1900 – 25 October 1948) was a Russian and Soviet musician and composer who specialized in the Russian romance. Several of Fomin's songs became popular in 1920s, most notably "Dorogoi dlinnoyu" ("", "By the l ...

* Tango Pizzicato (2001) * Rondo Capriccioso (2003) : arrangement of

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions include symphonies ...

's ''Rondo für Klavier'' op. 33

Chamber music

* Korobejniki (1980) : Russian tune, for bajan * Moldavia Chora (1983) : Russian tune, for bajan * Süße Beere (1985, "Sweet Berry") : Russian tune, for bajan * Schwarze Augen (1985, "Black Eyes") : Russian tune, für bajan * Polowetzer Tänze (1998, "Polovtsian Dances") : arrangement from

Alexander Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 183327 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as " The Five", a group dedicated to prod ...

's opera "Fürst Igor", for bajan * Toccata (2002) : for flute, bass clarinet, drums, bajan, piano, cello & double bass * Erinnerung an Buenos Aires (2002, "Memories of Buenos Aires") : for bass clarinet, drums, piano, cello & double bass * Am Grab von A. Piazolla (2002, "At A. Piazolla's Grave") : for bajan, guitar, piano, violine & double bass * Vier Jahreszeiten (2006, "Four Seasons") : arrangement of

, trio for piano * Russische Taverne (Dialog zweier Trinker), "Russian Taverna (Dialogue of two Drunkards)" : for violine & piano

Vocal

* Sechs Lieder nach Gedichten von Heinrich Heine (2002, "Six Songs from

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's Poems") : for singing voice, piano/bajan, violine, guitar & double bass

Notes

References

External links

* http://www.efim-jourist.de
Jourist, Efim

Efim Jourist Biographie

Efim Jourist Werkverzeichnis

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