Unique features of the performing style of Ivan Karabyts 24 preludes for piano

Abstract

The article attempts to understand the legacy of Ivan Karabyts from the perspective of modern piano performance, in particular his landmark work 24 Preludes for the Piano with comprehensive analyses of the composer’s creative method, specifics of the artist’s stylistic decisions in the field of piano music, interpretive analysis of the piano cycle 24 Preludes…, which will uncover a wide field for the stage performance of this work and its role in the establishment of the distinctive performance style of Karabyts’ works. That is why cycle 24 Preludes for Piano by Karabyts paints a wide visual and sonic world, which is quite difficult for a pianist to implement. The creative and individualized approach of the pianist should absorb a wide range of figurative and content saturation, often sharply contrasting. For the performer, it remains important to implement the author’s concept of the series’ pieces by focusing on three fundamental artistic layers — folk-musical thinking and folklore genres, stylistic elements of the music of outstanding masters in a retrospective implementation, some features of those styles that exist and develop in parallel with the so-called serious music (jazz, pop music). In addition, the presence of such a diverse foundation determines not only the versatile coverage of the genre content open for the prelude but also the ramification of cross-semantic connections between the parts of the cycle