Nicolas Slonimsky playing the piano at Mills College, 1973

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Charles Amirkhanian Collection ➔ Nicolas Slonimsky playing the piano at Mills College, 1973

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Identifier
IM.CA.PC.0009.001
Dates
1973 | created
Work Type
Photographic print
Image Class
Composer & Performer Portraits
Image Series
Nicolas Slonimsky at Mills College (1973)
Description
Nicolas Slonimsky giving a performance at Mills College in Oakland CA, 1973. The Russian-American music lexicographer, conductor, composer, raconteur extraordinaire, and self-described child prodigy, was born in St. Petersburg in 1894. In 1923 he came to the United States, eventually becoming very involved in the avant-garde musical scene, both by playing adventurous pieces of his own on the piano, as well as conducting the world premieres of Edgar Varèse's pioneering work for percussion “Ionisation”, works by Charles Ives and others. Nicolas Slonimsky died on December 25, 1995 at the grand old age of 101.
Genres & Subjects
Portrait photographs--1970-1980
Men
Conductors
Pianists
Pianos
Piano music
Image Ownership
Charles Amirkhanian
Photo Credits
Charles Amirkhanian
Related place
Oakland (Calif.) (was created at)
Related Entities
Amirkhanian, Charles
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
Mills College