Mikhail Jewsejewitsch Bukinik
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Mykhailo Yevsiyovych Bukinik (1872–1947) was a Ukrainian cellist, composer
, music educator and music critic of classical music
.
His four concert etudes for the solo violoncello are also suited for concert performances. These études were compulsory cello pieces at the prestigious International Cello Competition in Markneukirchen in May 2005.
Bukinik was born in 1872, in Dubno
in the area of Rivne
which is in today's Ukraine (about 400 km west of the capital of Kiev
). It just happens that a four of his family members, including his brother Isaac (violinist, teacher, music critic) and his two daughters for the decided that music would be their profession. From 1885 to 1890 Bukinik attended the music school in Kharkiv
, where he was also a member of the Society for Russian music. During these five years he studied with A. Glen at the Moscow Conservatory
. In his solo performances and concerts as a member orchestra, he played together with musicians such as Sergei Taneyev
, Nikolai Medtner
, Konstantin Igumnov
, Alexander Goldenweiser, Alexander Goedicke
and W. Lambowskaja. Among his fellow students were well-known musicians such as Ferruccio Busoni
, Alexander Scriabin
and Sergei Rachmaninoff
. Bukinik finished his studies in 1895.
He then went on tour in Russia with a symphony orchestra led by Dimitri Achscharumow. After a brief stay in Berlin, Bukinik came to Saratov in 1899, where he remained until 1904 as a teacher at the Institute of the Mariinsky where the young virtuoso began working. At the same time, he was met with the famous painter Victor Borisov-Musatov
, who became his close and dear friend throughout his long life. Pavel Kuznetsov
was the second painter with whom Bukinik was very close. In 1901, he founded together with Borisov-Musatov, the field doctor and writers Vladimir Stanjukowitsch and his wife Nadezhda the so-called English club of Saratov. 1902 also contributed to Jelena Alexandrowa, Musatows future wife. In the following two years (1904–1906) Bukinik lived in Germany, France and Switzerland.
From 1906, he had many appearances in Moscow. There he was also cello
teacher at the prestigious Gnessin School of Music
, which is still exists as the Gnessin Institute and has an extremely good reputation. After the revolution in October 1917 the school was temporarily closed. From 1919 to 1922 Bukinik was professor at the Conservatory of Kharkov. In 1922 Bukinik emigrated to the United States, where he worked with a Ukrainian string quartet and also played in a Ukrainian musical theater. 1944 he published his memoirs and died three years later (1947).
A great personality, who knew him since very early times, was his comrad Sergei Rachmaninoff
, whose cello sonata he first performed in Paris and thus was known by the local public as a genius of a composer. He himself wrote, that Bukinik remained always in Rachmaninoff's memoirs:
Bukinik is the author of some cello works, children's schools and edited several works by Russian composers.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, music educator and music critic of classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
.
His four concert etudes for the solo violoncello are also suited for concert performances. These études were compulsory cello pieces at the prestigious International Cello Competition in Markneukirchen in May 2005.
Bukinik was born in 1872, in Dubno
Dubno
Dubno is a city located on the Ikva River in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of Dubno Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast...
in the area of Rivne
Rivne
Rivne or Rovno is a historic city in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Rivne Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Rivne Raion within the oblast...
which is in today's Ukraine (about 400 km west of the capital of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
). It just happens that a four of his family members, including his brother Isaac (violinist, teacher, music critic) and his two daughters for the decided that music would be their profession. From 1885 to 1890 Bukinik attended the music school in Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
, where he was also a member of the Society for Russian music. During these five years he studied with A. Glen at the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
. In his solo performances and concerts as a member orchestra, he played together with musicians such as Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Taneyev
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev , was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.-Life:...
, Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Medtner
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner was a Russian composer and pianist.A younger contemporary of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, he wrote a substantial number of compositions, all of which include the piano...
, Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Igumnov
Konstantin Nicolayevich Igumnov was a Russian virtuoso pianist and the teacher of many famous Russian pianists.Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under Alexander Siloti and Pavel Pabst. He took theory and composition courses from Sergei Taneyev, Anton Arensky and...
, Alexander Goldenweiser, Alexander Goedicke
Alexander Goedicke
Alexander Fyodorovich Goedicke was a Russian composer and pianist.Goedicke was a professor at Moscow Conservatory. With no formal training in composition, he studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Galli, Pavel Pabst and Vasily Safonov. Goedicke won the Anton Rubinstein Competition in 1900...
and W. Lambowskaja. Among his fellow students were well-known musicians such as Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni was an Italian composer, pianist, editor, writer, piano and composition teacher, and conductor.-Biography:...
, Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed an increasingly atonal musical system,...
and Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
. Bukinik finished his studies in 1895.
He then went on tour in Russia with a symphony orchestra led by Dimitri Achscharumow. After a brief stay in Berlin, Bukinik came to Saratov in 1899, where he remained until 1904 as a teacher at the Institute of the Mariinsky where the young virtuoso began working. At the same time, he was met with the famous painter Victor Borisov-Musatov
Victor Borisov-Musatov
Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov , was a Russian painter, prominent for his unique Post-Impressionistic style that mixed Symbolism, pure decorative style and realism. Together with Mikhail Vrubel he is often referred as the creator of Russian Symbolism style.-Biography:Victor Musatov was born...
, who became his close and dear friend throughout his long life. Pavel Kuznetsov
Pavel Kuznetsov
Pavel Varfolomevich Kusnetsov was a Russian painter and graphic artist.He studied at Saratov at Bogolyubov Art School , then Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and for a year in Paris . His early paintings were exhibited by the Mir Iskusstva group, and he was closely associated...
was the second painter with whom Bukinik was very close. In 1901, he founded together with Borisov-Musatov, the field doctor and writers Vladimir Stanjukowitsch and his wife Nadezhda the so-called English club of Saratov. 1902 also contributed to Jelena Alexandrowa, Musatows future wife. In the following two years (1904–1906) Bukinik lived in Germany, France and Switzerland.
From 1906, he had many appearances in Moscow. There he was also cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
teacher at the prestigious Gnessin School of Music
Gnessin State Musical College
The Gnessin State Musical College and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music is a prominent music school in Moscow, Russia...
, which is still exists as the Gnessin Institute and has an extremely good reputation. After the revolution in October 1917 the school was temporarily closed. From 1919 to 1922 Bukinik was professor at the Conservatory of Kharkov. In 1922 Bukinik emigrated to the United States, where he worked with a Ukrainian string quartet and also played in a Ukrainian musical theater. 1944 he published his memoirs and died three years later (1947).
A great personality, who knew him since very early times, was his comrad Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
, whose cello sonata he first performed in Paris and thus was known by the local public as a genius of a composer. He himself wrote, that Bukinik remained always in Rachmaninoff's memoirs:
Bukinik is the author of some cello works, children's schools and edited several works by Russian composers.