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Author: osverdennis
Date: 2007-12-20 11:35
Hello People! My name is Dennis i'm from Moscow,Russia. Few years ago I used to study oboe with R. Gomberg in Boston ,where got Master degree also studied with great Humbert Lucarelly .in 2001 I came back to moscow where got nice job in russian state symphony.So after many years I have a feeling for new reeds information . I want to say Thanx for that great forum . Its great for all oboe folks in the world! Maybe smbd knows some blogs and forums where I can get some more Information about american scrape? Thank You one more time!!! Here is some russian music for you ))
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-12-20 13:33
Hello Dennis --
Welcome to the Oboe Board. I think you are the first person from Russia who has posted here.
There is a good deal of information about American Scrape reeds on this board. You could use the "Search" tab at the top of the page to find the messages about this subject -- just put "American Scrape" into the search box, and see what comes up.
One of my favorite beginning oboe books was by a Russian oboist and teacher, Vladimir Pushechnikov (maybe I didn't spell that right). I believe he may still be living, but would be a very old man. At any rate, his book for beginning oboists is very good, with delightful little tunes that I still like to play. The book is in Russian. My late mother-in-law, who was born in Odessa in 1913, translated it all for me.
What is it like to play in the Russian State Symphony? Do you travel, or stay in one place? Do you play mostly in Moscow?
Welcome!
Susan
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-20 14:17
Interesting--googling "vladimir Pushechnikov" brings up this page, with someone by that name as bassoonist for the State Academic Bolshoi Theater orchestra. Could it possibly be him?
Alternatively, there is an Ivan Pushechnikov, born in 1918, who is apparently a famous Russian oboe pedagogue. Are you sure it says "Vladimir" on the book?
They have NINE, count 'em, NINE oboists in the State Academic Bolshoi Theater orchestra. ![[whoa]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie10.gif) What's up with that? Do they take turns, or is it just a sort of mega-orchestra?
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-12-20 14:53
Dutchy --
You are right, as usual. I was still in the cobweb state of brain function this morning when I wrote that. It is, indeed, IVAN Pushechnikov who is the oboist to whom I was referring.
S.
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-20 15:33
Suzan, apparently (from browsing on Google) he has a method book, a book of scales and arpeggios, 25 Studies, and 60 Easy Studies. Which one have you got?
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Author: osverdennis
Date: 2007-12-21 19:09
Hello Susan ,thanks a lot for search stuff, will try As for Pushechnikov -yes that man hopefully gonna celebrate his 90 anniversary this year. I dont think he ever played oboe but he has a lot of good students though.E. Izotov was studied with him and many other good professionals too.Actually half of the bolshoy theatre players are his students. Yes its fun to play in good orchestra especially when you play with great soloist - last year we played with Francoix Leleoux - he is really great! You can check our web site @ gaso.ru , just go in to english version . Here is reference to my musical expirements - http://caprice-music.com/index.php?newsid=1179833052
hope you can open it:) Whats up with You ? Are you orchestra person or study for now?
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Author: osverdennis
Date: 2007-12-21 21:28
Its great honour for me to take place in that forum ! My orcestra is very professional collective . I played two Shostacovich symphonies with M. Rostropovich in 2005, last year we played Brahms violin concerto with V. Tretyakov. he is brilliant russian violin master try youtube sure you will find him up there. We often touring ( UK , France ,Germany and a lot in Russia)
Hope I will have 2 weeks in States mostly Fl and NY . I think its March .
So I hope to see my great teacher Humbert Lucarelly who taught me a lot during my year and a half in Hartford University.
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Author: Dutchy
Date: 2007-12-22 13:22
You had Lucarelli as a teacher? Cool.
I found a Youtube video of him playing Debussy.
The fish are pretty, too. ![[grin]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie5.gif) Very soothing.
This is what makes the Internet an incomparable human resource, BTW--I can have a conversation with an oboist in Russia, and share a video made by a girl in Brazil.
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Author: osverdennis
Date: 2007-12-23 12:06
And it makes playing more similar too. I mean now when with 2 clicks u can hear Klein ,Leleux, Izotov or Shelenberger , conception of sounds like german sound or french sound or american sound is not that strong like 20 years ago. I don't know its just my point of view for today
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-12-23 16:39
<conception of sounds like german sound or french sound or american sound is not that strong like 20 years ago.>
It's interesting to hear this comment from someone who is working in another part of the world. In the U.S., we tend to think this is true, but sometimes I think that is just because we are so surrounded by players who were all trained the same way.
You studied in the U.S, I remember, but who were your first teachers, before Lucarelli? Did you always play American scrape reeds?
Susan
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Author: osverdennis
Date: 2007-12-23 18:57
"You studied in the U.S, I remember, but who were your first teachers, before Lucarelli? Did you always play American scrape reeds?"
No , actually I used short scrape till 24 years old, and played in the orchestra but in 1997 got full scholarship at BU ,so I quit job and came to states. My first teacher in states was Ralph Gomberg he studied with Marcel Tabetau in 1930 . He was principal in Boston Symphony for 40 years . But 3 years I spent in BU were really crazy. See ,I always wanted to study abroad with good teacher but i think it was a little bit late for me to changed like everything- reeds, embouchure etc etc. I wasn't enough flexible as Gomberg was expected from me . So I was really happy to meet Humbert Lucarelly cause he gave me a hope that I can play and only in Hartford I began to play better. I won Emerson Quartet competition and played with them Mozart Quartet. It was really great time for me!!!
But you know what? I think that our ears -its the main factor of the sound,and only after that we can talk about anything else. In other words we sound the way we imagine the ideal sound . Embouchure , air pressure , reed and instrument just helps us to produce sound which we want to hear. Oh man ,I never wrote so long in english since I left States.
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Author: ohsuzan
Date: 2007-12-24 03:17
Hello Dennis --
The American oboist, Allan Vogel, wrote a long article concerning his experience studying with teachers from different "schools" of oboe playing. Many of us have found this article very interesting and informative, and I think you might understand very well the challenges he had, trying to learn from teachers who thought very differently from each other about how the oboe should be played.
Here is a link to the article: http://www.idrs.org/Publications/Journal/JNL6/vogel.html
It is in English. I envy your ability to read and write in more than one language. My only other language is Spanish -- and not very good Spanish any longer.
Susan
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