Natasha Theremin

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Natasha Theremin
Background information
Birth nameNatasha Theremin
Born (1948-06-24) 24 June 1948 (age 75)
Russia
GenresClassical music, electronic music
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Theremin

Natalia Lvovna Termen (Russian: Наталья Львовна Термен; born 24 June 1948), better known as Natasha Theremin, is a Russian musician.

Early life

She is the daughter of Russian scientist, musician and inventor

Léon Theremin and Maria Feodorovna Theremin (Gushchina). Her father invented the instrument in which she specialized, the theremin
in 1919.

Theremin received her first music lessons as a child from her father, who accompanied her on the piano. She graduated from the School of the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Academy with a specialty in teaching piano.

Career

Beginning in the late 1970s, she began to develop new techniques on how to play the theremin, and became one of the few prominent concert performers on this instrument at the time[according to whom?].

Natasha Theremin introduced the instrument configuration that uses the edge of the palm. One octave fits between the open and closed positions of the hand[according to whom?]. These settings were favored by performers such as Carolina Eyck, Masami Takeuchi and Lydia Kavina[according to whom?].

Continuing the innovations of Lev Theremin, Natasha created new interpretations of classical works, including "Swan" by Saint-Saens, "Daisies" and "Vocalise" by Sergei Rachmaninoff and "Concerto for voice" by Glier[according to whom?]. She performs contemporary music for the theremin, written especially for her (such as "Fantasia for theremin and organ" by S. Archer, "Melody for theremin" by Vorontsov)[according to whom?]. She gives concerts in Moscow, Leningrad, Kazan, Vilnius, Tallinn and is involved in the filming of documentaries[according to whom?].

During joint visits with her father, Natasha Theremin demonstrated the theremin at the festival in

Bourges, (France)[1] and the concert program of the International Computer Music Festival in Stockholm (Sweden, 1990), New York University, the University of Berkeley (US, 1991) and during the award to Leo Theremin in the "Academy of light" in The Hague (Holland, 1993).[2]

On September 25, 1991, at Stanford University, a concert was held in honor of Lev Theremin, in which Natasha, accompanied by electronic music pioneer Max Mathews,[3] performed Rachmaninoff's "Vocalise".[4][5]

Léon Theremin created a series of concerts for the tube theremin especially for Natasha[according to whom?]. Under her guidance, Russia attempted to create the world's first theremin concert on a modern technology base[according to whom?]. The tool was presented at festivals in France, Lithuania and Sweden[according to whom?].

After her father's death, Natasha stopped concerts[according to whom?]. She resumed public activity in 2013, performing at the Festival Theremin in the Central Museum of Musical Culture in Moscow[according to whom?].

In 2016 and 2019 she toured Hamamatsu, Tokyo and Kyoto[according to whom?].

Natalia was the co-organizer of the international festival of theremin culture, Thereminology, and curator of the Russian Theremin School (the only theremin school in Europe and Russia)[according to whom?].

See also

References

  1. S2CID 145282929
    .
  2. ^ Chadabe, Joel (1 January 1997). "Electric Sound: The Past and Promise of Electronic Music". Prentice Hall – via Google Books.
  3. ISBN 9782869382060
    – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Soviet pioneer of electronic music pays historic visit to Stanford".
  5. ISBN 9780313309076
    – via Google Books.

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