Post Soviet Identities Piano Study Day

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Leading pianists of different generations come together to his day of performances, discussions and demonstrations to reveal how the legacy of the Soviet Union is still an incredibly present influence that shapes concert performances today. Over the course of the day we will hear and explore issues including: Why did they leave former Soviet or Soviet-sphere places? What teaching traditions did they carry with them? Have those changed, and if not, what has replaced them? What do pianists think audiences expect when they know they have come from former Soviet or Soviet-sphere places, and do they respond to this in their playing? How does the current cultural and political climate impact this? How does the concert stage become a place where pianists make their personal statements and commentaries heard?

Programme of the day:

10:00 – 10:30

Doors Open

10:30-11:00

Ewa Kupiec & Rustem Hayroudinoff:

Musical Migration in Conversation: London as a Gateway to Citizen of the World.

11:00-11:30

Musical Artefacts and Pianist Life-Stories: A glimpse into the personal meaning behind the music. With Rustem Hayroudinoff & Ewa Kupiec.

11:30-12:00

Rustem Hayroudinoff & Alexander Karpeyev:

Re-Searching the Soviet Russian Musical Past: Pedagogies and Performances

12:00-12:15

Musical Artefacts and Pianist Life-Stories: A glimpse into the personal meaning behind the music. With Alexander Karpeyev.

Break

13:15-15:15

Collaborative piano workshop/masterclass with University of Oxford pianists: ‘Too many cooks’ or ‘Common roots’?

Customary practice is for pedagogical sessions to be given by one teacher. This experimental workshop puts the spotlight on the pianists in a different way—four teachers navigate their common and uncommon ground with one student. With Ewa Kupiec, Rustem Hayroudinoff, Alexander Karpeyev, Maria Razumovskaya and Faculty of music Students

15-minute break

15:30-16:00

Musical Artefacts and Pianist Life-Stories: A glimpse into the personal meaning behind the music. With Natalia Aleksandrova.

16:00-16:30

Natalia Aleksandrova & Daria Bitsiuk:

Ukraine Today: Pianism Torn between Transnationalism and Trauma

Explorations of identity formation in the context of conflict, repression and trauma.

16:30-16:45

Musical Artefacts and Pianist Life-Stories: A glimpse into the personal meaning behind the music. With Daria Bitsiuk.

16:45-17:15

Re-Searching Soviet Romania’s Pianism, with Carina Cirtita (Oxford, DPhil candidate)

17:15 – End of the Day