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07-Apr-2023
Alexander Sklyarov (July 16, 1949 – April 3, 2023) - Russiaby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
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| Alexander Sklyarov was born in 1949 in the city of Borisoglebsk, Voronezh region. He began playing the bayan by ear at the age of five, and his special talent soon became apparent. Superficiality was alien to him, his most characteristic practice feature was the depth and liveliness of his performance. In 1968 he graduated from the music school, in 1973 he graduated from the Gnesin State Music Pedagogical Institute (since 1994 Music Academy) in Moscow (class of Professor S. M. Kolobkov). In the years that followed, Sklyarov developed a very subtle aesthetic taste that was reflected in his playing. He perfectly mastered all methods of modern playing such as ricochet, tremolo, vibrato, glissando and concentrated on works of vital musicality and perfect artistry. While still a student, Alexander Sklyarov won the international competition Coupe Mondiale in Bruges (Belgium, 1971) with the maximum number of points. In the newspaper "Pravda" one of the jury members, People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Kazakov said: "Not a single participant has ever had such success in the 24 years of existence of this competition." From 1973 to the end of his life he was a teacher at the department of instruments of folk orchestras of the Voronezh State Art Institute, since 1992 as a professor. In 1978 Sklyarov became a soloist of the Voronezh Philharmonic. At the same time, he began teaching at the institute, and then at the Academy of Arts. As part of his constant tours in Russia and abroad (including France, Switzerland, Japan, Ukraine, USA, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Korea, Poland, China, Japan) he has played more than 4100 solo concerts. He always impressed his audience with his lively intonation. Both listeners and critics spoke only in superlatives about the legend of bayan art Alexander Sklyarov. One of the components of the musician's success was that he always played sincerely as he felt. Abroad he was often compared to a "diamond" or referred to as the "Richter of the bayan" (Svyatoslav Richter was an outstanding pianist of his time). For Russian art historians, Sklyarov was an example of creative vitality, whose playing was thought-provoking, leaving no one indifferent. He could find in the notes of a work the deepest subtext, sometimes only vaguely felt even by the author: Russian soul in its purest form! As a result, he merged with his audience into a single musical whole on stage. What made his playing really valuable was his extraordinary self-abandonment, which allowed him to forget the virtuoso difficulties and immersed the listener in the touching and enchanting world of this indescribable "Russian soul", which combined passionate impulses and deep melancholy at the same time. In 1994 President Boris Yeltsin awarded Alexander Sklyarov the title of People's Artist of Russia. |