{"id":59645,"date":"2019-03-29T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=59645"},"modified":"2019-03-29T13:31:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T17:31:54","slug":"qa-15-questions-for-eugene-astapov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2019\/03\/29\/qa-15-questions-for-eugene-astapov\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&A | 15 Questions For Eugene Astapov"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canadian composer Eugene Astapov chats about his work, and the things that make him tick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eugene Astapov<\/a>\u00a0has enjoyed an unusually busy career for such a young composer. First coming to Canada at age 14 from Crimea\u00a0USSR, he quickly established himself as a composer with big aspirations, particularly in orchestral music. <\/span><\/p>\n

He received a bachelor of music in composition from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with David Liptak. He compleated\u00a0a masters in composition at Juilliard, studying with Robert Beaser and Christopher Rouse, and received\u00a0a diploma in piano performance\u00a0the Royal Conservatory of Toronto. Most recently, he graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Toronto.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His music has been performed by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Espirit Orchestra, the Penderecki String Quartet, and l\u2019Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, and\u00a0featured in concerts at Lincoln Center in New York, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Sejong Hall in Seoul, the Banff Center (where he was 2014 Composer in Residence), and the Ravinia Music Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n

We caught\u00a0up with\u00a0Astapov to chat about his work, general tastes, and learn more about his day-to-day:<\/p>\n