EB 8918 – Shor, Childhood Memories

EDITION BREITKOPF

SHOR Childhood Memories Suite for Piano

Kindheitserinnerungen Suite fĂźr Klavier

EB 8918

ALEXEY SHOR * 1970

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES Suite for Piano

KINDHEITSERINNERUNGEN Suite für Klavier

Edition Breitkopf 8918 Printed in Germany

Vorwort

Preface

Die „Childhood Memories – Kindheitserinnerungen“ sind eine Suite von vierzehn kurzen Stücken für Klavier solo des malte­ sisch-amerikanischen Komponisten Alexey Shor. Die einzel­ nen Sätze der Suite begleiten ein Kind vom Glühwürmchen fangen über das Spielen im Sandkasten und das Erwachsen werden bis hin zur Ersten Liebe.

“Childhood Memories” is a suite of 14 short pieces for solo piano written by the Maltese-American composer Alexey Shor. The suite’s movements loosely follow a person’s path from early childhood, with a kid Chasing Fireflies and playing in a Sandbox, to his/her Coming of Age and First Love.

Alexey Shor wurde 1970 in Kiew (Ukraine) geboren, lebt je­ doch heute auf Malta und in New York. Er ist Composer-inResi­dence des Malta International Music Festivals, der Ger­ man Piano Open sowie zahlreicher anderer Wettbewerbe und Festivals. Er bekleidet diese Position ebenfalls beim Salomé Chamber Orchestra in New York.

Alexey Shor was born in 1970 in Kiev, Ukraine, and now lives in Malta and New York. He serves as the Composer-in-­ Residence for the Malta International Music Festival, German Piano Open, and multiple other music competitions and fes­ tivals as well as for the Salomé Chamber Orchestra in New York.

Seine Werke wurden von verschiedenen namhaften Orches­ tern aufgeführt, u. a. vom Staatsorchester Sankt Petersburg, Viva Musica, dem Orchestra National des Pays de la Loire, dem Hamburger Opernorchester, der George Enescu Philhar­ monie, der Slovak Sinfonietta und den „Soloists of Russia“.

Neben Aufführungen in der Carnegie Hall, dem Kennedy Cen­ ter in Washington D.C. und dem Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York wurden seine Werke von Fox Business News und auf den Websites von Bloomberg News, The New Yorker und Huffington Post gewürdigt.

His works have been performed in diverse locations around the world by, among others, the St. Petersburg State Capella Symphony Orchestra, Viva Musica, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the Hamburg Opera Orchestra, the George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Sinfonietta, and the “Soloists of Russia.” In addition to performances at the Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, his compositions have been showcased on Fox Business News and the web­ sites of Bloomberg News, The New Yorker, and Huffington Post.

Sein Werk „Four Seasons of Manhattan“ wurde neben Werken von Antonio Vivaldi und Astor Piazolla auf der CD „12 Sea­ sons“ beim Label Warner Classics veröffentlicht.

His piece “Four Seasons of Manhattan” was recently issued on the Warner Classics CD “12 Seasons,” together with works

by Antonio Vivaldi and Astor Piazzola.

Alexey Shor besitzt außerdem einen Doktortitel in Mathe­matik.

Alexey Shor also holds a Ph.D. in mathematics.

Frühjahr 2017

Spring 2017

Childhood Memories Suite für Klavier / for Piano I. Glühwürmchen fangen / Chasing Fireflies Dedicated to my son Mark Alexey Shor

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II. BlĂźhender Mai / Blooming May Allegro V = 110

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V. Marionettenwalzer / Marionette’s Waltz Dedicated to my daughter Natalie Moderato V = 112

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VII. Geheime Botschaft / Hidden Message Dedicated to my mother Dolce V = 120

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