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Classical music: great composers - course 9900 rub. from Synchronization, training 46 hours, Date: December 4, 2023.
Miscellaneous / / December 01, 2023
Synchronization is one of the largest lecture halls in Russia. We create online courses on psychology, history, cinema, painting and more.
"Synchronization" is a Russian educational platform launched by Maria Borodetskaya and Andrey Lobanov. They offer online courses in a popular science format (psychology, art, cinema, economics, architecture, fashion and design, literature, philosophy, religion, music, etc.)
The cultural platform “Synchronization” is an educational project whose goal is to talk interestingly about striking phenomena, trends, personalities in culture and science. “Synchronization” lectures attract more than 2.5 thousand people every month. a person, offering listeners new and new topics and directions, talking simply about complex things.
Currently, Synchronization conducts more than 200 lectures per month in 19 main areas (painting, architecture, history, philosophy, cinema, fashion, etc.). According to the founders of the project, the most popular area is lectures on painting, which occupy about 30% of the entire lecture program.
During the courses, lecturers—there are 45 of them in Synchronization—try to give students the opportunity to build their own system, which will allow them to add new knowledge to what they have already acquired and broaden their horizons. Therefore, Synchronization offers not only individual lectures, but also special courses, for example “History of architectural styles”, “The language of cinema”, “Guide to the history of art”, lasting two or three weeks.
In 2018, Synchronization launched an online direction.
The team is also developing a corporate direction, offering companies to conduct training lectures for their employees. Clients include McKinsey, Ernst & Young, KPMG, Sberbank Insurance, Swarovski, etc.
Julia is actively involved in concert and educational activities. She has performed with symphony orchestras and participated in international festivals, including the European piano express" (St. Petersburg, 2010), Red Square Festival (Moscow, 2011), Piano Magic (Greece, Poros, 2013). In 2015, the European Commonwealth League awarded Yulia the Medal for Merit in Culture and the Arts.
Yulia performs on radio “Orpheus”, “Vera”, “Mayak”, conducts her own series of concerts and lectures in the Russian National Museum of Music, lectures before concerts at the Moscow Philharmonic, as well as lectures at the university Skolkovo and RANEPA. Develops lectures and concerts for the Philharmonic-2, Helikon Opera and the Moscow Planetarium. Julia is also preparing a book on the history of music for publication.
Webinar 3.
George Frideric Handel
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Handel was born in the same year as Bach and became the second titan of the Baroque era. However, the two classics took completely different paths. Handel wrote dozens of operas, Bach wrote none. Handel eagerly took on financial orders and toured all over Europe; Bach turned out to be less enterprising.
Today it is difficult to compete with the recognition of Bach, but in the 18th century it was Handel who was called the king of music. At the webinar we will reveal the secret of Handel’s success and figure out who he was: a brilliant composer or a great producer. We will find out why it is impossible to retell the plots of his operas and learn to listen to his “Water Music”.
Webinar 4.
Franz Joseph Haydn
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
"Papa Haydn" is the oldest of the Viennese School classics and the creator of classical musical forms. Haydn's story is amazing and instructive. From the son of a simple carriage maker and cook, he turned into one of the most famous composers of his time.
In the webinar we will learn how a boy from a poor family conquered Vienna with his voice, and then was left on the street without a means of living. Let's find out what universal musical forms the composer created, how his work was influenced by the traditions of folk music, and why Haydn became the standard of the era of classicism.
Webinar 5.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
The name Amadeus means "favorite of God." It seems that this was indeed the case with Mozart. He was born into a musical family, at the age of 6 he went on his first tour, and his operas sometimes lasted twice as long as planned because they were asked to be repeated for an encore. At the webinar we will try to reveal the secret of genius.
Let's find out how the main part of Symphony No. 40 became one of the most popular ringtones for mobile phones in the 2000s. Let's learn to listen to the operas "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute". Let's find out how listening to Mozart's music is related to IQ level and what the “Mozart effect” is.
Let's find out how the main part of Symphony No. 40 became one of the most popular ringtones for mobile phones in the 2000s. Let's learn to listen to the operas "Don Giovanni" and "The Magic Flute". Let's find out how listening to Mozart's music is related to IQ level and what the “Mozart effect” is.
INwebinar 6.
Ludwig van Beethoven
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
In 1977, two of Beethoven's works were sent into space. String Quartet No. 13 and Symphony No. 5 were included in the selection of compositions that were recorded on a record for aliens. If one day even extraterrestrial civilizations hear this music, earthlings should definitely know it.
At the webinar we will find out why each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies is an achievement in the art of music. We will pay special attention to Symphonies No. 3 and No. 9. Let's figure out what "Moonlight Sonata" is about and how it is connected with love and death. Let’s analyze the composer’s only opera, “Fidelio,” and find out which work of Beethoven “opened the window to romanticism.”
At the webinar we will find out why each of Beethoven’s nine symphonies is an achievement in the art of music. We will pay special attention to Symphonies No. 3 and No. 9. Let's figure out what "Moonlight Sonata" is about and how it is connected with love and death. Let’s analyze the composer’s only opera, “Fidelio,” and find out which work of Beethoven “opened the window to romanticism.”
Webinar 7.
Franz Schubert
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
It is impossible to speak calmly about Schubert. His life was tragic and short, he lived only 31 years. Schubert became the first romantic composer, while his contemporaries were almost unfamiliar with his works. Schubert embodied the ideals of romanticism in his own life. He was unhappy in love and lived in poverty, he did not have his own home and tools.
In the webinar we will find out why Schubert was underestimated during his lifetime and how his works became popular decades after the composer’s death. Let's find out what he learned from the famous Antonio Salieri and why he worked as a teacher. Let's find out what the famous melody is actually dedicated to Ave Maria and how Schubert changed music and attitudes towards it.
In the webinar we will find out why Schubert was underestimated during his lifetime and how his works became popular decades after the composer’s death. Let's find out what he learned from the famous Antonio Salieri and why he worked as a teacher. Let's find out what the famous melody is actually dedicated to Ave Maria and how Schubert changed music and attitudes towards it.
Webinar 8.
Fryderyk Chopin
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
After Beethoven's symphonies and Mozart's concertos, Chopin's music may seem simple. After all, most often it is written for just one instrument - piano. But this simplicity hides years of artistic research: no one before Chopin had so thoroughly explored the expressive capabilities of the piano.
At the webinar, we will analyze Chopin’s musical discoveries using the example of Piano Concerto No. 2. Let's figure out why pianists perform Chopin more often than other composers. Let's find out how the "Funeral March" from the Piano Sonata No. 2 became the main melody of the funeral. We will find out why Chopin had to leave his native Poland forever and, using the example of the “Revolutionary Etude,” we will understand how his love for this country was reflected in his works.
Webinar 9.
Franz Liszt
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Liszt's life was as colorful as his works. He was incredibly popular with his contemporaries, and during concerts he could break the piano from the influx of emotions. However, there was also a less noticeable, but no less valuable side of the composer’s personality - Liszt the Abbot, the creator of surprisingly subtle music, which in some ways predicted the language of the twentieth century.
At the webinar we will talk about the many faces of Leaf. Let's find out how he became the founder of musical fashions and the idol of his contemporaries and why he was kicked out of Russia after a concert for Emperor Nicholas II. Let's find out how Liszt changed the idea of the piano and made it a self-sufficient instrument for the concert.
At the webinar we will talk about the many faces of Leaf. Let's find out how he became the founder of musical fashions and the idol of his contemporaries and why he was kicked out of Russia after a concert for Emperor Nicholas II. Let's find out how Liszt changed the idea of the piano and made it a self-sufficient instrument for the concert.
Webinar 10.
Robert Schumann
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Many great composers wrote music despite their illnesses. Schumann is among them. Finger paralysis deprived him of the opportunity to perform his own music, but the composer continued to compose. He learned to create musical portraits and, with his works, “illuminate the depth of the human heart.”
At the webinar we will understand the features of the music of romanticism. Using the example of the Kreisleriana cycle, we will find out what a romantic hero should be like. With the help of the “Carnival” series, we will learn how classical music became humorous and topical. Let’s listen to songs from the cycle “Love and a Woman’s Life” and understand whether there is a place for happy love in romantic music. Let's figure out why only a few of the composer's hundreds of works are performed and why Schumann himself never played his music on the piano.
Webinar 11.
Johannes Brahms
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Robert Schumann called the young Brahms a musical messiah and had no idea how right he was. During his lifetime, Brahms’ light and cheerful “Hungarian Dances” brought him worldwide fame, but he went down in the history of music as one of the most serious composer-philosophers. Brahms was the last great romantic, but at the same time his music amazingly reflected the features characteristic of the music of the 20th century.
At the webinar we will learn what role his musician father played in Brahms’ development and how Brahms managed to play his first solo concert at the age of 15. Let's find out what connected the composer with Robert Schumann's wife Clara and what inspired him to create one of his most famous works - the First Piano Concerto.
June - 12 lessons
Webinar 12.
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Wagner is an opera reformer. He filled this complex genre with action and made events on stage dependent on the development of musical themes. He himself wrote librettos for operas and believed that music is unthinkable without morality. To make his music more understandable, Wagner assigned leitmotifs to the heroes of his works—short themes that accompanied their appearance on stage.
At the webinar we will hear how this innovative approach was reflected in the tetralogy “The Ring of the Nibelungs” and the opera “Lohengrin”. Let's find out why a separate theater was built for the composer's operas. Let's find out why Wagner was not liked by contemporary composers, and why he is criticized today.
At the webinar we will hear how this innovative approach was reflected in the tetralogy “The Ring of the Nibelungs” and the opera “Lohengrin”. Let's find out why a separate theater was built for the composer's operas. Let's find out why Wagner was not liked by contemporary composers, and why he is criticized today.
Webinar 13.
Mikhail Glinka
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Glinka is the first Russian classicist, the founder of the national opera, the creator of beautiful romances and no less beautiful chamber music. The opera “A Life for the Tsar” brought him fame, the production of which was personally supervised by Emperor Nicholas I. At the same time, Glinka was not a professional composer: he lived on income from the estate and spent a lot of time among the St. Petersburg bohemia.
At the webinar we will meet the real Mikhail Glinka and debunk the myths that surround his figure. Let's find out why Glinka was “appointed” as the founder of Russian classical music, why Tchaikovsky disliked him, and why Glinka’s music is heard quite rarely today.
At the webinar we will meet the real Mikhail Glinka and debunk the myths that surround his figure. Let's find out why Glinka was “appointed” as the founder of Russian classical music, why Tchaikovsky disliked him, and why Glinka’s music is heard quite rarely today.
Webinar 14.
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
In the second half of the 19th century, Tchaikovsky was the most European of Russian composers. He dreamed that Russian art would be comparable in greatness to Western art, and he achieved this. During his lifetime, he received an honorary degree from Cambridge University, and today his ballets and operas are included in the repertoires of the world's best theaters.
At the webinar we will figure out how Tchaikovsky achieved world fame and became a symbol of Russian music. Let's find out why write a short opera that “cannot fill an evening,” and why the opera “Eugene Onegin” reveals psychological conflicts no worse than Pushkin’s novel in verse. Let's understand how Tchaikovsky's "Seasons" differs from Vivaldi's cycle of the same name and find out why the composer destroyed his works.
At the webinar we will figure out how Tchaikovsky achieved world fame and became a symbol of Russian music. Let's find out why write a short opera that “cannot fill an evening,” and why the opera “Eugene Onegin” reveals psychological conflicts no worse than Pushkin’s novel in verse. Let's understand how Tchaikovsky's "Seasons" differs from Vivaldi's cycle of the same name and find out why the composer destroyed his works.
Webinar 15.
Modest Mussorgsky
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Mussorgsky is one of the most tragic figures in Russian music. He changed ideas about opera and introduced psychologism and complex realistic images into it. He encouraged people to draw inspiration from life and history, rather than from personal experiences. Beauty in the usual sense of the time disappeared from Mussorgsky’s music, so the composer was not understood by his contemporaries, and his works were often not wanted to be performed.
At the webinar we will figure out what breakthrough Mussorgsky made in the development of musical language, and we will analyze his operas and one of his main masterpieces - the production of “Pictures at an Exhibition”. Let's find out how the composer tried to convey human speech through music and why many of his operas had to be modified by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Let's find out what place Mussorgsky's work occupies in the history of music today.
Webinar 16.
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
A great composer and teacher, at the same time a happy family man and father of many children. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov influenced the development of Russian music more than his other contemporaries. Almost all Russian composers of the 20th century studied either with him personally or from his textbooks. At the same time, Rimsky-Korsakov not only taught and worked on his own works, but also completed and staged operas by other composers - Mussorgsky and Borodin.
At the webinar we will talk about Rimsky-Korsakov’s contribution to the development of opera music and the secrets of his happy life. Let's look at the composer's most famous works: the suite "Scheherazade", the opera "The Snow Maiden" and "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", in which the famous melody "Flight of the Bumblebee" is played.
At the webinar we will talk about Rimsky-Korsakov’s contribution to the development of opera music and the secrets of his happy life. Let's look at the composer's most famous works: the suite "Scheherazade", the opera "The Snow Maiden" and "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", in which the famous melody "Flight of the Bumblebee" is played.
Webinar 17.
Sergei Rachmaninov
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Rachmaninov's music has a peculiarity: you want to listen to it endlessly. It is impossible to get tired of his Second Piano Concerto or “Etudes-Paintings”. Rachmaninov became a symbol of Russian music abroad: he wrote a lot, conducted and traveled with concerts to Europe and the USA. After the October Revolution, he emigrated and, far from his homeland, was unable to compose anything for a long time.
At the webinar we will find out what is the secret of the attractiveness of Rachmaninov’s music and why he was called a more Russian composer than Tchaikovsky. Let's find out why he was called the “knight of music” and who he considered himself primarily: a composer, conductor or pianist.
Webinar 18.
Alexander Scriabin
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Scriabin considered himself not just a composer, he wanted to save humanity with his music. Scriabin dreamed of creating the main work of his life - “Mystery”, which would combine music, dance, light and color. Scriabin never managed to stage this work, but he managed to create a completely unique musical universe, full of symbolism and mysticism.
At the webinar we will talk about Scriabin’s philosophy and why the development of world music has not followed the path chosen by the composer. Let's find out why his works shocked his contemporaries, and why Boris Pasternak compared Scriabin's music to a city that came under artillery fire.
Webinar 19.
Edvard Grieg
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
The music of Edvard Grieg is a fairy tale that is necessary not only for children, but also for adults. Grieg looked like the characters in his music - magical gnomes: one and a half meters tall, grandiose shaggy hair... He toured all over the world, but most of all he loved to live in his quiet house in Norway, which he called “Troll Hill”.
However, as we will see in the webinar, Grieg's life was far from a fairy tale. During the lesson we will trace his complex creative path and find out how his acquaintance with Anderson and Tchaikovsky influenced him. Let's study the composer's main masterpiece - the suite based on Ibsen's play of the same name "Peer Gynt" and find out how Grieg made Norwegian music world famous.
Webinar 20.
Claude Debussy
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Traditionally, Debussy is called an impressionist. The titles of his works—“Steps on the Snow,” “The Sea,” the famous “Moonlight”—really resemble references to the works of French artists. However, the composer himself was categorically against this definition. “Debussy, French musician” - this is how he often signed his works.
In the webinar we will talk about how Debussy created soft, watercolor-like music. We will find out how his work was influenced by the traditions of French music, the work of Modest Mussorgsky and the culture of Spain. Let's find out what discoveries Debussy made in harmony and orchestration and why the music of the 20th century began with him.
Webinar 21.
Igor Stravinsky
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Stravinsky remained one of the leading musicians of the 20th century for 60 years. He came to music late, but quickly became famous. His fame was brought to him in 1910 by the score of the ballet “The Firebird,” which he wrote for Diaghilev’s “Russian Seasons.” After this, Stravinsky managed to work in what seems like a thousand and one styles, and now it is difficult to find a composer who was not influenced by his music for at least some time.
At the webinar, we will understand the diversity of Stravinsky’s work and see how his works reflect almost the entire history of music of the 20th century. Let's find out how the composer was influenced by his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov and why the premiere of one of Stravinsky's first ballets, The Rite of Spring, caused a storm of criticism. Let’s figure out how to look for the “Russian syllable” in the many-sided art of a composer.
Webinar 22.
Sergei Prokofiev
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Sergei Prokofiev fled from the Russian revolution to Japan, and then to the USA. But he still returned to Moscow in the 30s, finding himself in a totalitarian state, and soon in a war-torn country. During the years of repression and the Great Patriotic War, he wrote his most heartfelt works: the ballets “Cinderella” and “Romeo and Juliet”, the opera “War and Peace”, and the Fifth Symphony.
At the webinar we will discuss why Prokofiev returned from emigration to the USSR and how this influenced his music. Let's figure out how to write music of joy if there is war all around. Let's find out how the composer fought with the Soviet authorities for the author's version of the opera "War and Peace". We’ll also find out what the “Prokofiev incident” is, which lawyers encountered after the composer’s death.
Webinar 23.
Dmitry Shostakovich
lecturer: Yulia Kazantseva
Dmitry Shostakovich was just over 20, and his First Symphony was already being performed by orchestras all over the world. Over the years, the composer gained the status of the main symphonist of the 20th century. We'll find out why during the webinar.
Let's figure out how Shostakovich became a chronicler of the era and why his opera “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” was banned for decades in the USSR. Let's find out why the premiere of the Leningrad Symphony took place in Kuibyshev and why Shostakovich called the string quartet “In Memory of the Victims of Fascism” “ideologically vicious.” Let's understand why real music is “always revolutionary” and why Shostakovich was criticized in the USSR, and for what - in the West.
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