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Ichmouratov - Letter from an Unknown Woman, 3 Romances, etc. | Chandos CHAN20141

Ichmouratov - Letter from an Unknown Woman, 3 Romances, etc.

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Label: Chandos

Cat No: CHAN20141

Barcode: 0095115214121

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd August 2019

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About

Montreal-based since 1998, Airat Ichmouratov (b. 1973) traces his musical roots back to the dominant culture in his native Tatarstan in Soviet times: ‘It was definitely the Russian school of composers’, he says, without rancour. ‘I’m influenced to this day by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. My own musical style has evolved out of this rich heritage.’ There’s more. The Volga Tatar-born Russian-Canadian composer learned to play klezmer music while busking, together with his viola-playing wife, as new immigrants on the streets and Métro of Montreal. ‘I’ve been touring the world for twenty years as a clarinettist with the Montreal band Kleztory and find myself, a Muslim-born musician, playing klezmer. This, too, is now a distinctive part of my musical language.’

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