Happy 150th birthday of Scriabin
To all the readers of the Scriabin Club website and page, as the founder of Scriabin Club, I …...
Read moreMaster Thesis Scriabin's Synaesthesia
Thesis and research about the relation between color and …
In April 2022 Martin Kaptein finished his Master’s Thesis and Research at the Fontys Conservatory of Tilburg, The Netherlands. The topic of the presentation was Colors in Alexander Scriabin’s Sonata No.8 Op.66: Exploring the relation between color and harmony in Scriabin’s music. This can be described as the first step to revolutionize the perception of music, with wide-ranging effects for piano performance practice, music education and audience perception.
You can read the full Master Thesis here (PDF).
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Martin also recorded a summary of the research as a screencast presentation.
Vers La Flamme Astronomy
Composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) believed that the world would eventually be immersed in, …...
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