Ivan Alexandrovich Tcherepnin (

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: ''Иван Александрович Черепнин'') (February 5, 1943 in

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– April 11, 1998 in

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, USA) was an

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, then later

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and a noted innovator in the field of electronics and modular synthesizers. Ivan was born into a highly musical family, his father and grandfather,

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and Nikolai, being distinguished

composers, and his mother Ming (born: Lee Hsien Ming) a well-known pianist. His elder brother,

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is also a composer. He studied with

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, and

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. After teaching briefly at both the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and

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, he became director of the Harvard University Electronic Music Studio from 1972, remaining there until his death in 1998. The Tcherepnin legacy continues with two of Ivan's sons, Stefan and Sergei. Ivan Tcherepnin was the winner of the 1996 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition for his ''Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra''. His other honors include awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (1963–1995) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1977). His performance of "Santur Opera" earned the 1982 Grand Prize of the

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Festival in Linz, Austria. Tcherepnin's notable students include Curt Cacioppo. He earned his BA from

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in 1964.

Selected compositions

*''Fêtes (Variations on Happy Birthday)'' (1975) *'' Le va et le vient'' (1978) *Santur Opera (1977) *''Flores Musicales'' (1980) *Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra (1995) – winner of the

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Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition. Tcherepnin described the piece as reminiscent of, and in some places actually borrowing from, the works of Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Schoenberg, Debussy and Stravinsky, among others. The work invokes a ″celestial″ theme, with the violin descending and the cello ascending into a grand convergence and a brief period of reflection. The instruments then turn back toward the extremes and to a soft, peaceful conclusion.

References

External links

* AllMusicGuide: Ivan Tcherepninby James Reel *
Tcherepnin SocietyRemembering Ivan Tcherepnin
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