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Alexander Kipnis
Alexander Kipnis , 1891-1978, Russian-American operatic bass. He studied conducting at the Warsaw Conservatory and voice in Berlin. He made his operatic debut (1915) in Hamburg. Imprisoned by the Germans in World War I as an enemy alien, he was freed and permitted to sing in Wiesbaden. From 1919 to... Read more |
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Domenico Alberti
Domenico Alberti , c.1710-c.1740, Venetian singer, harpsichordist, and composer. The Alberti bass (which he used but probably did not invent) is a broken, left-hand chord accompaniment frequently employed in 18th-century keyboard music.... Read more |
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Wanda Landowska
Wanda Landowska , 1879-1959, Polish-French harpsichordist and pianist, studied at the Warsaw Conservatory. She taught piano (1900-1912) at the Schola Cantorum, Paris, and harpsichord (1912-19) at the Berlin Hochschule. She established her École de Musique ancienne in Paris in 1925. In 1940,... Read more |
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , 1714-88, German composer; second son of J. S. Bach, his only teacher. While harpsichordist at the court of Frederick the Great, where his chief duty for 28 years (1738-67) was to accompany the monarch's performances on the flute, he wrote an important work on technique, ... Read more |
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Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) was an Italian harpsichordist and composer. His harpsichord sonatas are highly distinctive and original. Domenico Scarlatti was born in Naples on Oct. 26, 1685, the son of Alessandro Scarlatti, the most famous composer in Italy in the early... Read more |
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William Christie
Christie, William Conductor, harpsichordist Tourists from around the world make pilgrimages each year to visit Versailles and the other sumptuous palaces of France, to experience, if only for a few hours, the lifestyle of monarch Louis XIV, the Sun King, and his associates and successors.... Read more |
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conducting
conducting in music, the art of unifying the efforts of a number of musicians simultaneously engaged in musical performance. In the Middle Ages and Renaissance the conductor was primarily a time beater, maintaining the measure or tactus of polyphonic music with his hand or a roll of music paper.... Read more |
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Olga
OLGA (d. 969), Kievan grand princess and regent for her son Svyatoslav. Under the year 903, the Primary Chronicle reports that Oleg, Rurik's kinsman and guardian to his son Igor, obtained a wife for Igor from Pskov by the name of Olga. It is unclear whether Igor was actually the son of Rurik, the... Read more |
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Juan Gonzalez
IGOR (d. 945), second grand prince of Kiev, who, like his predecessor Oleg, negotiated treaties with Constantinople. Igor, the alleged son of Ryurik, succeeded Oleg around 912. Soon after, the Primary Chronicle reports, the Derevlyane attempted to regain their independence from the prince of Kiev.... Read more |
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Grand Duke of Kiev Oleg
OLEG (died c. 912), first grand prince of Kiev, asserted his rule over the East Slavic tribes in the middle Dnieper region and concluded treaties with Constantinople. When Rurik was on his deathbed in 879 he gave his kinsman Oleg "the Sage" control over his domains in northern Russia and placed... Read more |
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Kipnis, Igor
Kipnis, Igor (b Berlin, 1930; d Conn., 2002). Amer. harpsichordist and critic, son of Alexander Kipnis. Début NY 1959 (hpd.), Indianapolis 1981 (as fortepianist). Eur. tour 1967. Assoc. prof. of fine arts, Fairfield Univ... |
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Profile: Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis dead at the age of 71
...00-00-0000 Profile: Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis dead at the age of 71 Host...one of its own. Virtuoso harpsichordist Igor Kipnis died of cancer at the age...Minor," performed by harpsichordist ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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OBITUARY: Igor Kipnis Keyboardist of `uncanny' ability
IGOR KIPNIS was probably the world's busiest harpsichordist. He made over 80 recordings...Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Kipnis was born in 1930, in Berlin...citizenship in 1931. As an infant Igor travelled around the world... |
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Virtuoso harpsichordist dies at 71
...REDDING, Connecticut Virtuoso harpsichordist Igor Kipnis, who recorded more than 80 albums...pop eras, has died at age 71. Kipnis died Wednesday at his home. He...Metropolitan Opera singer Alexander Kipnis, the musician was host of "The... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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SAYING GOODBYE: THE WORLD OF ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT LOST SCORES OF NOTABLES...
...scandalous Hollywood memoir. Jan. 1. Cancer. Igor Cassini, 87. As the gossip columnist "Cholly...the most recognizable of the 1950s. Jan. 22. Igor Kipnis, 71. Harpsichordist who recorded more than 80 albums, playing music... |
 "The News Sun - Waukegan (IL)")
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Art Notes
...a master class given by the Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo at 2:30...from the duo pianists. The Kipnis-Kushner Piano Duo was formed...well as in Brazil and Germany. Igor Kipnis, a renowned harpsichordist and pianist, has performed... |
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Pianists Who Just Duet; Revue Spoofs the World of the Keyboard
...and others. Three years ago, harpsichordist Igor Kipnis and pianist Karen Kushner formed...challenging exercise in democracy," Kipnis said recently. "And, when you...with two people at each piano!" Kipnis said. "You can imagine how many... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Buyse leaving BSO after Tanglewood
...Project STEP students and alumni. Harpsichordist Igor Kipnis will be at Brandeis University...the great Russian bass Alexander Kipnis. On Thursday, at 8 in the Slosberg Recital Hall, Kipnis will discuss his father's work... |
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BACH, HAYDN AND RZEWSKI
...under conductor Charles Peltz, was backing up harpsichordist Igor Kipnis (B.A. 1952) in Haydn's exhilarating Concerto...Concerto in F minor. There have been when times Kipnis has seemed a more interesting writer about music... |
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WFMT seeks to preserve its live-music tradition // Lack of sponsorship...
...Other performers have included pianists Ruth Laredo, John McCabe, Alexander Toradze and Ursula Oppens; harpsichordist Igor Kipnis; flutist Paula Robison, and cellist Mark Drobinsky. Chamber ensembles have included the Vermeer Quartet and... |
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BLASCO DE NEBRA: Keyboard Sonatas: Nos. 1, 2, 5; From the Montserrat...
...were republished in Spain in 1964, it's curious that this interesting music is not better known. American harpsichordist Igor Kipnis seems to have been the first to record the Andalusian composer, programming two of his sonatas alongside those... |
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