Read the ArticleThe Russian violinist on championing the music of fellow countryman, Desyatnikov
Violinist Roman Mints was recently in the somewhat unusual position of being able to ask for the composer’s opinion on a piece he was performing. Leonid Desyatnikov is a major figure in post-World War II Russian music but practically unknown in the West. Mints is detemined to change that. …
“…what really matters is his ability to work with each of the selections on the composer’s own terms. There is no questioning the technical skill he brings to each of the pieces he performs. More important, however, is his acute awareness of where the music actually resides beneath the surface level of all the marks on the score pages.”—Examiner.com