Gallery of Images
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Product ID: AS4 ASP13-981-01
By Dmitri Ninov
Publisher:
Abundant Silence Publishing
Series:
Performance Series
Genre:
Contemporary
Line Up:
Piano (Solo: Piano)
Number of pages:
22
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About this item
“Gallery of Images” contains 15 piano miniatures, dedicated to Ninov’s
son Tony, for intermediate through early advanced pianists. These
miniatures are imaginative, thought-provoking, and fun to perform. Ninov
skillfully crafts his pieces to invoke deep musical emotion and
feeling. “Gallery of Images” is an exceptional collection of creative
pieces and an excellent music education tool for students of all ages.
We asked Ninov about this new and imaginative collection for
intermediate and advanced pianists:
1. What inspirations did you have for composing the pieces in this album?
“I was inspired by the idea of evoking various images, situations, states of mind, and feelings through a colorful palette of sounds. Shall we call that “program music”? Certainly, as long as music without words is capable of depicting images”
2. How long did it take you to compose these pieces?
“Once I decided to compose this album, I was so carried away with the idea that musical images began to flow in my mind in an uninterrupted stream. Thus I composed Gallery of Images in one breath, so to speak, in a matter of two weeks.”
3. How do you think this book can be a benefit to piano students and teachers?
“Musicians of all ages will benefit from this book both intellectually and technically. This is a work of art that will inspire the performer to depict the character of each piece with a great taste and feeling. This inspired performance will naturally allow the musician to master a wide array of techniques related to rhythm, polyphony, harmony, and style. These technical challenges must obey the performer like the brush obeys the painter”
4. What are your dreams and hopes for this book?
“I believe that Gallery of Images is a unique album whose beauty to be spread worldwide and win the acclaim of millions of musicians!”
Songlist (15)
- Rain Drops
- A Walk in the Forest
- Morning Song
- Urge
- Lullaby
- Melody in Bulgarian Style
- Happy Journey
- Anticipation
- Tommorow's Hope
- Sweet Memories
- Nostalgia
- Sentimental Waltz
- Afternoon Coffe Blues
- The Bee' Song
- Reverie
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Composer
Dmitri Ninov
Dimitar Ninov is a Bulgarian-born composer living in the United States. He was the 2009 Chairman of the National Association of Composers, United States (NACUSA). Ninov is a published composer and theorist, and an invited lecturer at international, national, and regional music conferences. Currently, he teaches music theory at Texas State University, San Marcos. His music has been performed in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Asia.
Ninov has produced a body of works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir, voice, and piano. Some if his piano music is published by the FJH Music Company and is being distributed worldwide, and his violin and piano piece “A Lonely Man’s Prayer” has been recorded on the “Made in the Americas” CD series. In 2007 his piano piece Golden Leaves was included in volume six of the FJH’s representative piano series “Succeeding with the Masters”. Ninov holds a doctoral degree in composition from the University of Texas at Austin (2003), and master’s degrees in theory (1992) and composition (1996) from the National Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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