Ilya Musin, told by Valentina Lo Surdo
On June 6, 1999, Ilya Musin died in St. Petersburg.
Valentina Lo Surdo tells it to WikiMusic.
AUDITORIUM - October 11, 2023
Episode dedicated to orchestral conducting with Maestro Ennio Nicotra, who divides his time between Italy and Russia.
Bibliography:
Ennio Nicotra, Introduction to the technique of conducting according to the method of Ilya Musin, ed. Curci, 2007.
RSI – Italian-speaking Swiss radio and television
Orchestral conducting lessons
TESTIMONIALS
Marco Momi (Italy)
"I think of the years of work with Ennio on conducting technique as a fundamental stage in my musical journey.
Angelo Michele Errico (Italy)
«As you set out for Ithaka hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery».....
....«And if ...
Hsuan-Yu Alex Lee (USA)
"Dear Ennio,
It brings me great joy to express my gratitude for the incredible experience of studying with you in the M...
Simone Delbene (Italy)
"When the idea came to me to undertake the study of conducting, I started watching videos on YouTube and during my resea...
Attilia Kyoko Cernitori (Italy)
"Musin's technique is not actually a dry “technique” but a system of communication of one's musical ideas.
Nathaniel Perlo Meyer (USA)
"I am very fortunate to have studied according the Musin Conducting Method with Ennio Nicotra, a true Maestro in every s...
Elisabetta Russo (Italy)
"I am a pianist and piano teacher. I have been conducting didactic ensembles since 2007, but I was not comfortable, I fe...
Brent Chancellor (USA)
Dear Ennio,
It was wonderful to meet and learn from you at Fort Wayne. You are a true master of this art.
Thank you fo...
Lucas Lazzarini (Argentina)
"I had the great opportunity to meet Maestro Ennio Nicotra in 2015, in an international orchestral conducting...
Christian Lorca Ortega (Chile)
How can I explane my experience in the last Workshop with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic? In one word: Incredible!
Nadir Garofalo (Italy)
"Ennio Nicotra was my first teacher, in 2012, in this noble, very difficult art and profession. Through the specializati...
Giacomo Di Tollo (Italy)
The "technique of conducting" is one of the fundamental aspects of the study of orchestral conducting.
Antonio Di Martino (Italy)
The method of Ilya Musin in the interpretation of Ennio Nicotra
Ennio Nicotra's first meeting (Palermo, 1963) with Ilya...
Manfred Giampietro (Italy)
"Studying under the guidance of Ennio Nicotra was great luck: not only because I had the privilege of coming into direct...
Riccardo Scilipoti (Italy)
"I met Maestro Nicotra in 2012 first as a collaborating pianist in his masterclasses. I performed the reduction of some ...
Michael Dingaan (South Africa)
"My desire to understand the secrets in orchestral Conducting were triggered in 2007. As I followed Maestro Valery Ger...
Natalia Frolova (Russia)
"How it was...... Years ago, I worked as an accompanist in the conducting class of Professor Ilya Musin at the St. Pet...
Stefano Parisse (Italy)
"In my experience of a masterclass with Ennio Nicotra, I was able to observe, among other things, two things of great ...
Alexey Fomenkov (Germany)
“Already, during my studies at the Moscow Conservatory, I had heard tales about Ilya Musin's conducting school in St. ...
Emilio Fenoy (Spain)
"After many years of being self-taught in the world of conducting, I felt the need to acquire a gesture and a techniqu...
Ivano Cavallini (Italy)
....If the bibliography on conducting is a consolidated heritage in Western countries, that of Eastern European countr...
Stephan Smoktunowicz (England)
"The late great French cellist, Paul Tortelier, once said in a masterclass that to be a musician is ten things: a sing...
Alberto Maniaci (Italy)
"I was very fortunate to start studying 'well and on time'. Well, because of the quality of tuition I received...
Andrea Mura (Italy)
"I graduated in composition under the guidance of Maestro Mauro Cardi, and in conducting with honors under the guidanc...
Salvatore Scinaldi (Italy)
"The Musin method is simple, intuitive, communicative, solid and deeply detailed.
It provides the possibility to solv...
Luciano Di Martino (Italy)
"Ilya Musin's masterclasses at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, of which I had the joy and luck of participating as a ...
Randy Adams (USA)
" I learned so much from this man.
My entire conducting philosophy has been lifted to a new level."
Jacob Steuer (Estonia)
"Maestro Nicotra's teaching is based upon the physical relationship between your hands and the sound, not just the tedio...
Olga Bolun (Lebanon)
"As an active collaborative pianist, I've had several opportunities to work with the finest musicians and conductors i...
Eduardo Cedeño (Venezuela/Usa)
"I attended a conducting Master Class in Mirano (Venice) Italy in the summer of 2014.
I was not sure what to expect a...
Americo Caretti (Italy)
"I met Maestro Ennio Nicotra in 2013, during one of his master classes in Rome. Thanks to this opportunity I got to kn...
Lucy Ginther (USA)
"As a professional musician who has performed under batons of some of the best conductors in the field, I feel as thou...
Ben le Heux (New Zealand)
"I first met Ennio in St Petersburg for a series of conducting masterclasses and was tremendously inspired by not...
Patricio Mendez Garrido (Mexico)
"In Maestro Ennio Nicotra I found the answers to my research on the technique of orchestral conducting: the technique ...
Jordi Lalanza (Spain)
"I met Maestro Nicotra about 10 years ago for some master classes with orchestra which he held in Madrid for the Carlo...
Lorenzo Passerini (Italy)
I met Maestro Ennio Nicotra and the Musin method when I still had no idea what a conductor was. In relatively little t...
Marcello Pellitteri (USA)
"Ennio Nicotra is unquestionably one of the clearest and most communicative conductors worldwide. In my international ...
Francisco Brunner (Chile)
“After attending more than 30 conducting masterclasses around the world, I heard about this great teacher,
Maestro N...
Lee Musiker (USA)
"Maestro ENNIO NICOTRA is a thoroughly devoted Master Teacher, an incredibly clear and expressive conductor ...
in ...
Mark Shiell (Australia)
“I have studied conducting with Ennio and it was transformatively positive experience.
I discovered Ennio throu...
Paolo Pessina (Italy)
"Great Ennio! The only true teacher of the art of conducting.
Innate talent, excellent technique and great ability to...
Andrew Constantine
....This is always a great week with Ennio and the orchestra. Nobody imparts the great man’s teaching like Ennio. And if...
Antonio Ballista
“Everybody knows that music is also gesture. It is also easily understandable that an appropriate performance by an or...
Paul Badura-Skoda
“Ennio Nicotra is not only a refined and sensitive conductor, with perfect technique, but also an extraordinary teache...
Ilya Musin
“Ennio Nicotra was my assistant during the Masterclasses at the Accademia Chigiana, demonstrating not only that he has...
Dominik Steklasa (Slovenia)
'' The dream begins, most of the time, with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on t...
Andrea Battistoni (Italy)
“Ennio Nicotra was able to instruct me on the clarity of the gesture, which must be simultaneously expressive and an e...
Verena Anders (USA)
“Ennio’s teaching and techniques were truly transformative! An enlightening experience to learn from him.
Ennio...
Antoine Rebstein (Swiss)
“I have known Maestro Nicotra for many years now. Much of my conducting has been greatly influenced by his excellent t...
Rachel L. Waddell (USA)
“Studying Musin technique with Ennio Nicotra was an extraordinary and transformational experience.
As conductors we ...
Manfred Croci (Italy)
“In Palermo there is not only an ideal climate and a culinary tradition to make your mouth water, but also the legacy ...
Andrè Strydom (USA)
“It was wonderful to attend the online seminar. I loved it. Brought back many memories, and I saw so much of Musin in ...
Stefano Mainetti (Italy)
"Very often my courses are attended by composers. (Moreover, for a complete training of the student also the compositi...
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