Enshreined in Music
Tatiana Kurenchakova’s debut album “Enshrined in Music”, Artservice LTD.
“Kurenchakova’s interpretation is in every way elegant and expressive, giving us a personal point of view, combined with a high professional level in the proposed activity.”
Italian magazine «Guitart» No. 84, 2016
“From the start of the CD, I know that I am listening to an artist with a solid and powerful technique that reflects a deep musical sensibility… This CD is a beautiful major work, congratulations!”
Ermanno Brignolo, Italian magazine “Seicorde” No. 121, 2017.
“Your playing style is very delicate, very sensual. You certainly have great artistic talent. In a word, you are a “poet”; Your aesthetics is very close to the great French poet Arthur Rimbaud, who wrote the poem “Premonition” in the 19th century. I chose for my music a line from this poem: “I walk along the paths…”
French composer, Eric Penicaut
Eric Pénicaud
French composer. He studies the classical guitar (with N. Yepes) and flamenco styles (M. Sanlucar). Pénicaud is preoccupied with intense work on perfecting his art with L. Brouwer, A. Carlevaro. He also often improvises with jazzmen like Larry Coryell, Jaco Pastorius. For composition, he is guided by S. Caplain. The winner of eight International Prizes (Composition). His music has been hailed by J. Bream, A. Carlevaro, A. Ponce, L. Brouwer, M. Ohana. The French and International Critics have reserved his five CDs a praised welcome. Eric Pénicaud has published about fifty pieces with several Major Publishers (Argentina, Belarus, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan).
“J’irai dans les sentiers” was originally published by “EDITION: LES PRODUCTIONS D’OZ, CANADA”.
Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
A prominent French guitarist of the 19th century whose works embody Romanticism. Born to a family of Jean-François Coste, a major, he was named after Napoléon Bonaparte. Surprisingly, Coste is tied to Russian culture: the last piece by Fernando Sor is Memories of Russia and is dedicated to Coste. His Dramatic Fantasy (op. 31) consists of “Le départ” and “Le retour, Marche triomphale”, referencing December 29, 1855 — the return of French troops to Paris during the Crimean War. The fantasy may reflect this event artistically.
Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)
A French composer and guitarist. Regondi became famous across Europe as a virtuoso prodigy. Fernando Sor admired him, dedicating the Ninth Fantasy Souvenir d’amitié to him. At nine he performed with Paganini, later with Mendelssohn and the Schumanns. A brilliant guitar player, he conquered European audiences, breaking the stereotype of a short-lived child prodigy. His legacy, though reaching high artistic peaks, found no direct followers due to its difficulty. His Rêverie nocturne was first performed in London on June 30, 1864.
Valery Biktashev (b. 1963)
A Russian composer (member of the Union of Moscow Composers, prizewinner of the Nikolay Petrov Russian Composition Competition) and pianist (prizewinner of the National Piano Contest of Kazakhstan). Valery studied at Temirtau Music College (piano) and graduated from the Gnessin Institute under V. Zhubinskaya (piano) and Yu. Semashko (composition). His pieces often appear on Russian radio channels like Orpheus and Russian Radio.
Thanks to his collaboration with Dmitry Tatarkin (Russian guitarist), Biktashev became interested in guitar music. Confessions is a cycle dedicated to Tatarkin. He also composed guitar concertos, chamber pieces, and solo works.
Antonio José (1902–1936)
Antonio José Martínez Palacios is one of the most extraordinary Spanish composers of the early 20th century. Despite coming from the backwoods, he collaborated with Picasso, de Falla, Lorca, Dalí and Subira. Maurice Ravel considered him the likely greatest Spanish composer of the century. His work includes symphonic, choral, piano and string music. His friendship with Regino Sainz de la Maza led to his only guitar piece — a four-part sonata. His subtle musical thought and intellectual approach resulted in highly spiritual, graceful music.