Vladimir
Skomorokhov

 

Accuracy:

I perform each work thoughtfully and very carefully, studying the author’s text and immersing myself in a particular era, the style of a particular composer. I think about his ideas, his feelings and experiences that the composer showed with the help of the musical text. I try to convey the author’s true intention and thoughts as accurately as possible.

First I think about the whole dramaturgy of the piece, after that I pay attention to the smallest details such as: rhythm, tempo, pauses, dynamics, strokes, imagery.

Imagery:

The common thread of every piece of music is imagery. I try to show in all works all the imagery that the composer conveys. In many pieces of music the grand piano replaces the whole orchestra.

And the most important task of the pianist in these works is the ability to make the instrumentation and show the specific sound of the individual instrument in the orchestra on the grand piano. Each time I think about which instrument in the orchestra in the piano piece brings which imagery and dramaturgy.

Emotionality:

I believe that emotionality in music is one of the first components. Unfortunately, emotional performance is not always welcomed in our time, basically it depends on pure technique and virtuosity of the player, while the soul of the musical works is lost. But it is precisely the emotional performance of musical works that allows me to immerse myself in another wonderful world, to show my listeners my inner amazing world.

When I play the piano or organ, I feel happy and I express the intensity of feelings to the highest degree: passion and love, tension and relaxation, joy and peace, anger and rage. In many works I express constant struggle and battle between these feelings. And depending on the work, different feelings win.

In summary, I would like to say that music is a passion for me. I cannot live without it and I try to convey this state to my listeners and make the listeners’ lives happier and more vivid.