Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff (born Ronald Mackay; March 8, 1941, in Troy, New York – October 11, 1993, in Buffalo, New York) was an American virtuoso pianist and composer. He is best known for his performance of contemporary classical music.
From 1983 to 1991 he commissioned no fewer than 127 tangos for solo piano from 127 composers.
Mikhashoff was considered one of the leading performers of contemporary piano music of his day. He worked closely with composers all over the world, including leading figures like John Cage, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi, Per Nørgård, Poul Ruders, and numerous others. In addition to his performance schedule, he also did a lot of artistic advisory work, like working with Pierre Audi at the Almeida Festival in London, for many years the leading London venue for contemporary music programming, and likewise at the formation of the Music Factory festival in Bergen, Norway, with Geir Johnson.
In 1996 the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music was established to support composers and performers of new music. Past notable recipients include: The Barton Workshop, New Music Consort, North/South Consonance, Nick Fortunato, and Daniel N. Seel
The four CD set "Yvar Mikhashoff's Panorama of American Piano Music" presents one of Mikhashoff's marathon concerts on a single theme. It explores the diversity of 20th century American music, including serialism, minimalism, populist and avant garde experimentalism.[1] His arrangements of extracts from Puccini operas have been recorded by the French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Referencesedit
Mode Records
^. Mode Records. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
External linksedit
Yvar Mikhashoff Archive from the Music Library - University at Buffalo Libraries
yvar, mikhashoff, yvar, emilian, mikhashoff, born, ronald, mackay, march, 1941, troy, york, october, 1993, buffalo, york, american, virtuoso, pianist, composer, best, known, performance, contemporary, classical, music, mikhashoff, studied, eastman, school, mus. Yvar Emilian Mikhashoff born Ronald Mackay March 8 1941 in Troy New York October 11 1993 in Buffalo New York was an American virtuoso pianist and composer He is best known for his performance of contemporary classical music Mikhashoff studied at the Eastman School of Music the Juilliard School and the University of Houston and received his doctorate in composition from the University of Texas in 1972 He also studied in France with Nadia Boulanger He served as Professor of Music at the University at Buffalo The State University of New York from 1973 until his death from AIDS in 1993 aged 52 From 1983 to 1991 he commissioned no fewer than 127 tangos for solo piano from 127 composers Mikhashoff was considered one of the leading performers of contemporary piano music of his day He worked closely with composers all over the world including leading figures like John Cage Morton Feldman Giacinto Scelsi Per Norgard Poul Ruders and numerous others In addition to his performance schedule he also did a lot of artistic advisory work like working with Pierre Audi at the Almeida Festival in London for many years the leading London venue for contemporary music programming and likewise at the formation of the Music Factory festival in Bergen Norway with Geir Johnson A complete archive of Mikhashoff s works is held by the Music Library of University at Buffalo Libraries at the University at Buffalo The State University of New York In 1996 the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust for New Music was established to support composers and performers of new music Past notable recipients include The Barton Workshop New Music Consort North South Consonance Nick Fortunato and Daniel N SeelThe four CD set Yvar Mikhashoff s Panorama of American Piano Music presents one of Mikhashoff s marathon concerts on a single theme It explores the diversity of 20th century American music including serialism minimalism populist and avant garde experimentalism 1 His arrangements of extracts from Puccini operas have been recorded by the French pianist Jean Yves Thibaudet References editMode Records Yvar Mikhashoff s Panorama of American Piano Music Mode Records Archived from the original on 3 November 2014 Retrieved 14 February 2014 External links editYvar Mikhashoff Archive from the Music Library University at Buffalo Libraries Yvar Mikhashoff Photograph Collection from the University at Buffalo Libraries Yvar Mikhashoff page from The Estate Project nbsp This article on an American classical pianist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yvar Mikhashoff amp oldid 1218171096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
