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Anton Batagov
12+ albums
contemporary classicalminimalismrussianAvant-Gardeambient
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Anton Batagov (Russian: Антон Батагов; born in Moscow, October 10, 1965) is a Russian pianist and post-minimalist composer. Heralded as "one of the most significant and unusual figures of Russian contemporary music" (Newsweek, Russian edition, 1997) and "a Russian Terry Riley" (Los Angeles Times, 2008), Anton Batagov is one of the most influential Russian composers and performers of our time. The post-Cagean philosophy of Batagov's projects eliminates any boundaries between "performance" and "composition" by viewing all existing musical practices—from ancient rituals to rock and pop culture and advanced computer technologies—as potential elements of performance and composition. He was the first Russian pianist to take advantage of interpreting works by John Cage, Morton Feldman, Steve Reich, and Philip Glass. For ten years Anton Batagov had been one of the leaders and organizers of "Alternativa", the annual international new music festival in Moscow. While the musical language of Batagov’s compositions was influenced by the heritage of Russian and European classics, he created the style of his own developing harmonic palette and motoric pulse of the Soviet avant-garde music of the 20-30s. His post-minimalist aesthetics which features trademark rhythmic vigor, unique sense of large-scale architecture, and lush, textured emotionalism, "might be mapped between Philip Glass' hot urban jungle and Morton Feldman's icy alpine heights". (The Moscow Tribune). Batagov composes work
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Lullaby - From the Film Breathing In - Breathing Out
3,7752Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Simeon Ten Holt
5473Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Ludovico Einaudi
5004Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Peter Gabriel
4855At the Grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff (Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY)
4576Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: IV. Aria
4537Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Wim Mertens and Niccolo Paganini
4038Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Arvo Part
3909Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Philip Glass
37510Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Brian Eno
312albums
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Lullabies
Breathing In Breathing Out
Anton Batagov. Bach
Batagov: Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff
Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff
An Evening Hymn
Post Production
Philip Glass: The Complete Piano Etudes (Live in Moscow)
Philip Glass: The Hours / Distant Figure
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Tayatha
Where We Are Not. Letters of Mother Seraphima