Notational Symbols Hitting Zone
Skin-rim Skin-middle
The arrows indicate where you Should play on the skin
Skin-rim
Rim-Click (cross stick)
Rim-Shot
Skin-middle and rim Skin-rim and rim
Stick on fixed Stick
[Stick A beats Stick B, which is fixed with tip on skin]
Damp skin with hand
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damp
damp stick with hand
Stick on Stick
Tradional technique
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end of stick
play with tip on rim
Rim
play with middle of stick on rim
Buzz
Special Sound
please see score
play on the side of the drum (body)
drum stick
brush
felt timpani stick
NOTE! If you are in any d oubt about the sticking or any other technical descriptions, please go to YouTube where you can see the composer performing the piece. Keywords: Alexej Gerrassimez snare drum.
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Alexej Gerassimez
Since 1998 recordings with the German Broadcasting Corporations
Alexej Gerassimez was born in Essen/Germany in 1987 and
His first solo CD will be released in 2011. It contains works for solo
received his first piano lessons at the age of five. Two years later he
percussion and ensemble music for percussion and piano.
WDR , NDR , SWR and BR have been produced on a regular basis.
began to play percussion. In addition to that, the multi-faceted young artist dedicates himself In 2000 he continued his musical
to composition, too. First publications with the Danish publisher
training as a an extraordinary young
Edition Svitzer have
student with Christian Roderburg at the
e.g. in the USA, Canada, Japan, and Europe.
already been performed internationally,
Cologne Conservatory of Music and Performing
Arts
and
started
an
Alexej Gerassimez holds scholarships of various foundations such as
intensive concert career at a very early
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Stiftung Musikleben, Dr. Carl
age. After his high school degree and a
Doerken Foundation and the PE Foundation for Talented
year at the Berlin Conservatory Hanns Eisler he changed to
Musicians. He was supported by the Degussa Foundation, the
Munich, where he presently studies at the Munich Conservatory of
Juergen Ponto Foundation, the Juetting Foundation and the GenRe
Music and Theater with Prof. Peter Sadlo.
Foundation.
After various early successes in competitions, among others 1st awards in the International Marimba Competition in Nuremberg, the European Music Competition for Youth, the Southwest-
Asventuras
German Chamber Music Competition, four 1st awards including
The idea for " Asventuras" emerged four years ago during the
the highest number of possible points in Jugend Musiziert
preparation for a concert, in which I was supposed to play a
(renowned national music competition your youths) he won the Deutscher
Musikrat-Competition (most
important
national
competition in all instrument categories for young adults) in 2010. In the same year he r eceived the 1st award, the Audience Award as well as the Press Award, in the TROMP Percussion Competition in the Netherlands, one of the most renowned international
rudimental snare drum piece. While practicing this piece I noticed that many different colors and sounds that the snare drum is capable of producing were lacking in the composition. This made me start to experiment
competitions for percussion solo. Today Alexej Gerassimez is
on the instrument and I ended up composing the part that
presumed to be one of the leading percussion soloists of his
became the middle part (page 4/5) of “ Asventuras”, played with
generation.
brush and felt stick. It was followed by a counterpart (page 2). Over the years I thought of a rhythmical frame for the piece.
Alexej Gerassimez has repeatedly been awarded the extraordinary
The result was a structure of three parts which finally became
prize of Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben and other awards, such as
the three columns of the piece (beginning, page 3 and end) with
the Aalto Stage Award of the Essen Philharmonic, the Cultural
the basic rhythmical structure 3-1-4-1.
Award Essens Beste and both the Sponsorship Award as well as the Audience Award of the city of Ingoldstadt.
From the day I composed the first note, the name “ Asventuras” was on my mind. Since the time I spent experimenting on all
As a soloist and chamber musician Alexej Gerassimez regularly
kinds of sounds and effects on the snare drum was adventurous,
gives guest performances at festivals like Schleswig Holstein
the connection with the word "adventure" must have had an
Musikfestival , Musikfestival Potsdam, Ludwigsburger Festspiele or Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in the latter of which he was awarded the Ensemble Award for percussion/piano, performing as a duo with his brother Nicolaj in 2006.
influence on the name of my piece. Alexej Gerassimez Munich, August 2011
He performs as a soloist with orchestras like the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn or the the Bochum Philharmonic and his vivid performance activities have lead him to a wide range of European countries as well as to Japan, where he gave solo performances in Tokyo and Yokohama in the context of the German Year in 2006.
Credits Front Cover graphics and layout: Ronni Kot Wenzell Engraving: Alexej Gerassimez/Johan Svitzer Printed in Copenhagen, Denmark
In 2011 Alexej Gerassimez will make his debut in the USA on a tour as soloist of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
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