A.N. Scriabin is a composer, whose work is usually considered outside of all directions. Although, if you analyze the technique of performance, it can be attributed to the New Vienna School. The uniqueness of the works of this composer lies not only in complicated harmony, but also in the introduction to music for better expressiveness of color.
Alexander Nikolaevich Scriabin. Biography: childhood
Alexander was born in January 1872. To have a significant impact on the formation of the genius of the child, his family did not succeed. Mother died of tuberculosis when Alexander was still small. My father was a lawyer and devoted most of his time to work. The boy himself learned to select the heard and liked tunes on the piano, which really amazed those around him.
Biography A. Scriabin: primary education
The father wanted his son to study at the Lyceum. But Alexander himself dreamed of a cadet corps. And relatives gave in to his desire. At 10, he was enrolled in the cadet corps of Moscow. In the future, the boy planned to enter the conservatory. In this regard, in parallel with training in the corps, he began to attend private music lessons with N. Zverev and S. I. Taneev, famous teachers of Moscow.
Biography A. Scriabin: admission to the conservatory
This event occurred in January 1888, when the young man was already 16 years old. At the same time he was accepted into the piano class. Alexander's teacher was the conductor and pianist V.I.Safonov. Soon, comrades and teachers paid attention to Scriabin. Together with Rachmaninov they showed the greatest hopes. During the years of teaching, Scriabin composed a lot.
Almost all works written during this period were intended to be performed on the piano. For the first time with his compositions he performed in 1894 in St. Petersburg. Here he met with
M. Belyaev, a musical figure, and through him with Lyadov, Glazunov, Rimsky-Korsakov and other composers of the capital.
Biography A. Scriabin: performing activities
It began in the second half of the 1890s, when the composer gave concerts, consisting of his own compositions, in many cities of Russia, as well as abroad. He visited Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, The Hague. Shortly before the tour, Scriabin got married. His chosen one was Vera Ivanovna Isakovich. She was a pianist and performed with her husband. In 1898, Scriabin agreed to the proposal of the Moscow Conservatory to lead the piano class, and became its professor. During these years he created a series of studies, many preludes, as well as many large works for piano. At the end of the century, he turned to the orchestra, devoted a lot of time to him. Communication with the members of the philosophical society into which he entered, reading the relevant literature, led Scriabin to the intention of writing the “Mysteries”. From now on, they became the main business of his life. In this work, the composer planned to combine several genres into a single whole: architecture, dance, music, poetry, etc. At the same time, two symphonies were already written and work was underway on the third.
Biography A. Scriabin: travel abroad
In the winter of 1904, the composer went abroad for several years. In the same year he completed the Third Symphony and in the spring of 1905 performed it in Paris. With tours, Scriabin traveled to Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, France and even America. During this period, Alexander Nikolayevich divorced his first wife and married a second time to T.F. Shletser, who also had musical training, but sacrificed everything for her husband.
A.N. Scriabin - composer. Biography: The Last Days
In the winter of 1915, the composer gave many concerts, two of them were held in Petrograd with great success. Another performance was scheduled for April. It turned out to be the last. Immediately after returning to Moscow, Scriabin felt unwell. A carbuncle jumped out on the lip, the abscess was malignant, blood poisoning occurred, and the temperature rose quickly to high levels. Alexander Nikolaevich died on April 27, in the early morning.