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Anton Batagov
Career Highlight
Composer and pianist Anton Batagov is one of the most influential and iconic figures in the world of new classics. His discography includes over 60 albums. He plays on the world's most prestigious stages. His compositions have been performed and recorded by outstanding classical and rock musicians and orchestras. The philosophy of Batagov's projects eliminates any boundaries between «performance» and «composition» by viewing all existing musical practices—from ancient rituals to rock and pop culture and advanced computer technologies—as inseparable elements of his own practice.
Anton Batagov is one of the closest collaborators of Philip Glass, one of the key performers of his music. He has been touring internationally with Glass for almost a decade. His Glass albums – The complete Etudes, Prophecies (Batagov's piano arrangements of scenes from Einstein on the Beach and Koyaanisqatsi), music from The Hours and Distant figure (a composition written by Philip Glass for and premiered by Anton Batagov) – have received critical recognition, thousands of sales and millions of streams.
As a composer, Batagov has his own unique voice. The post-minimalist language of his compositions is rooted in the harmonic and rhythmic patterns of Russian church bells mixed with the spirit of Buddhist philosophy, the dynamic pulse of early Soviet avant-garde, and the unfading energy of progressive rock. Batagov is an author of several movie soundtracks and original music for numerous television channels.
From 1997 to 2009, Batagov stopped his concert activity to focus on recording and composition.
Since 2009 he has been performing a series of unique solo piano programs. His repertoire includes contemporary classics and great composers of the past. Along with the music of John Cage, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman, Batagov performs Bach, Pachelbel, early English music, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and many others composers, as well as his own numerous piano compositions.
Mr. Batagov has performed at The Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory and The Grand Hall of St.Petersburg Philharmonie, Moscow International House of Music and Zaryadye Hall, Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles) and Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston) and Bing Concert Hall (Palo Alto, CA), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), The Berliner Philharmonie and Philharmonie de Paris, Musiikkitalo (Helsinki) and Reduta Hall (Bratislava), Teatro Regio (Parma, Italy) and Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona, Spain), and many other venues.
Anton Batagov is one of the closest collaborators of Philip Glass, one of the key performers of his music. He has been touring internationally with Glass for almost a decade. His Glass albums – The complete Etudes, Prophecies (Batagov's piano arrangements of scenes from Einstein on the Beach and Koyaanisqatsi), music from The Hours and Distant figure (a composition written by Philip Glass for and premiered by Anton Batagov) – have received critical recognition, thousands of sales and millions of streams.
As a composer, Batagov has his own unique voice. The post-minimalist language of his compositions is rooted in the harmonic and rhythmic patterns of Russian church bells mixed with the spirit of Buddhist philosophy, the dynamic pulse of early Soviet avant-garde, and the unfading energy of progressive rock. Batagov is an author of several movie soundtracks and original music for numerous television channels.
From 1997 to 2009, Batagov stopped his concert activity to focus on recording and composition.
Since 2009 he has been performing a series of unique solo piano programs. His repertoire includes contemporary classics and great composers of the past. Along with the music of John Cage, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass and Michael Nyman, Batagov performs Bach, Pachelbel, early English music, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and many others composers, as well as his own numerous piano compositions.
Mr. Batagov has performed at The Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory and The Grand Hall of St.Petersburg Philharmonie, Moscow International House of Music and Zaryadye Hall, Walt Disney Hall (Los Angeles) and Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), Jordan Hall (Boston) and Bing Concert Hall (Palo Alto, CA), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), The Berliner Philharmonie and Philharmonie de Paris, Musiikkitalo (Helsinki) and Reduta Hall (Bratislava), Teatro Regio (Parma, Italy) and Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona, Spain), and many other venues.
Anton with Philip Glass
Press:
- Brilliantly hypnotizing– Los Angeles Times
- His performance transcends the material world.– Crescendo magazine, Germany
- Anton Batagov is a mystic of the piano. Part shaman and part showman, beneath his fingers the keys of the keyboard reveal another world, another layer of spiritual energy, and another way of listening.– Time out New York magazine
- Batagov shakes up our notion of what a solo piano recital can sound like.– The Gathering Note, Seattle
SELECTED PROGRAMS
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PHILIP GLASS:
THE HOURS / DISTANT FIGURE
PHILIP GLASS:
THE HOURS / DISTANT FIGURE
Anton Batagov plays a solo piano version of the music composed by Philip Glass for the movie The Hours, and a composition Distant Figure (Passacaglia for piano) written for and premiered by Anton Batagov.
2
PHILIP GLASS: PROPHECIES
PHILIP GLASS: PROPHECIES
A unique program of music by Philip Glass performed by renowned pianist and composer Anton Batagov. Scenes from the opera Einstein on the Beach and the film Koyaanisqatsi arranged for solo piano by Anton Batagov, the only musician in the world to play a solo piano version of these works.
3
PHILIP GLASS:
THE COMPLETE ETUDES
PHILIP GLASS:
THE COMPLETE ETUDES
Anton Batagov is one of the very few musicians to play both books of The Complete Etudes by Philip Glass (total duration: 2 hours 30 minutes). He was one of the pianists who premiered The Complete Etudes together with the composer in December 2014 at BAM. Since then, he has participated in The Complete Etudes shows around the globe. He has also performed the entire cycle himself a number of times.
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ANTON BATAGOV plays BACH
ANTON BATAGOV plays BACH
With Batagov, we are not dealing with a Partita anymore. Notes, Suspended in Space. The movements, although still containing all the notes in the right order, are broken, refracted, restored, abstracted and revived. More than once I had the aural image of Einstein on the Beach come to mind. No coincidence that Batagov has recorded Philip Glass’ works with the composer’s seal of approval.
5
ANTON BATAGOV plays JOHANN PACHELBEL
ANTON BATAGOV plays JOHANN PACHELBEL
Anton Batagov plays a solo piano version of the music composed by Philip Glass for the movie The Hours, and a composition Distant Figure (Passacaglia for piano) written for and premiered by Anton Batagov.
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ANTON BATAGOV: SELECTED LETTERS OF SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
ANTON BATAGOV: SELECTED LETTERS OF SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Renowned classical composer and pianist Anton Batagov performs his iconic piano cycle / album Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was written, premiered and released in 2013. It caused a sensation. Numerous musicological articles and even dissertations have been written about it. It has deeply influenced many artists. Now it is considered to be a contemporary Russian classics.
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SAMSARA OCEAN
SAMSARA OCEAN
Works by Bach, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Batagov
This album released in December 2024 has already reached almost million streams.
The live premiere in Berlin, Prague, Moscow and St.Petersburg was a tremendous success.
This album released in December 2024 has already reached almost million streams.
The live premiere in Berlin, Prague, Moscow and St.Petersburg was a tremendous success.
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ANTON BATAGOV: THE WELL-MEDITATED CLAVIER
ANTON BATAGOV: THE WELL-MEDITATED CLAVIER
A piano cycle The Well-Meditated Clavier by renowned composer and pianist Anton Batagov was composed in 2020. The album released in December 2023. The recognizable style of Anton Batagov's music: minimalist forms and textures naturally combined with classical traditions and methods.
The beauty and magic of harmonies and melodic lines. They enchant us and stay in our memory. And the magic of piano palette masterfully conveyed by the author/performer of this music.
The beauty and magic of harmonies and melodic lines. They enchant us and stay in our memory. And the magic of piano palette masterfully conveyed by the author/performer of this music.
