Percussion theatre of Nebojsa Zivkovic

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Authors

Ilia Melikhov

Associate Professor of Percussion Department, Applicant of Department of musical journalism

The Gnessins Russian Academy of Music

Russian Federation

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a Serbian composer-percussionist Nebojsa Zivkovic and one of the aspects of his work – ensemble compositionp. The creative portrait of the musician and the review of his works for percussion ensembles are given. Ensemble «Trio per Uno» for percussions is in the focus of the article. The artistic idea of the work consists of the musical and technical union of three performers and it is reached by including numerous synchronous playing in the score. The composer often uses forced sound on the percussion, which is a feature in his work. Main performing methods, interpretational tasks for musicians (e.g. technical levels, specificity of percussion playing) are analysed. Methods of research include historical, theoretical, analytic and comparative onep.

Keywords

Zivkovic
composition
ensemble
multiple percussion
theatricality
means of expression