Interviews with Contemporary Russian Musicians

Author: (Russia) Zhiping
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Publish Date: 2005-10-17
Features: Gennady Moiseyevich Zhiping was born on December 12, 1930, and is one of the renowned representatives of the Russian piano performance school. He is currently a professor at the Music Performance Department, head of the Piano Department, doctoral supervisor, chairman and member of the Music Committee of the Russian Higher Degree Evaluation Committee, and academician of the International Educational and Social Sciences Academy. Zhiping is one of the five most celebrated contemporary Russian music educators and authoritative music critics, known for his unique insights in music education theory, practice, and research, and highly regarded by the international music community. He has published over 300 music criticism articles and 12 monographs on music education, including The Performer and Performance Technique and Psychology of Musical Activity, among which some works have been published abroad in foreign languages. This book is a collection of interviews with several contemporary renowned musicians, whose conversations are honest, unassuming, sincere, modest, and unpretentious.