The violist, conductor, composer and pedagogue Lev Mikhailovich Kirillov was born on October 19, 1947 in Turkmen. He graduated with honours from the Rostov-on-Don Conservatoire in 1972 and completed successfully his post-graduate education at the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Conservatoire (professor Yuri Kramarov's class). Being almost a student Lev Kirillov started zealous pedagogical and performing activity, communicating with the orchestras of Russia and Ukraine as the viola group concertmaster, conductor and art director. Nowadays Dr Lev Kirillov practices as the Assistant Professor of the Afyon Conservatoire in Turkey. Lev Kirillov's compositions embody his philosophical, pedagogical and performing conception of the concerting violist. Contents:
I. BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING. 31Etudes of Diverse Technique and Mood 1. Preparing for Trilling 2. Strings Combinations 3. Syncopations 4. Rhythmical Accents 5. Strings Changes 6. Grace-Notes 7. The Second Position 8. Spring. Wa ltz 9. Lazy Pussy 10. Frost the Governor 11. Prelude 12. Good News. Flying Strokes 13. Perpetuum Mobile 14. Cadenza 15. Chromatic Etude 16. Romance 17. Sliding 18. Mosquito. Variant I 18a. Mosquito. Variant II 19. Jolly News 20. Dramatic Etude 21. Ragtime 22. Vain Anxiety 23. Bariolage 24. Lezghinka 25. Doubts 26. Alert 27. Theme with Variation 28. Appassionato 29. Confession 30. Confirmation 31. Conclusion II. 10 MASTERLY ETUDES OF DIVERSE MOOD 1. Duetto 2. Joke 3. Mephisto 4. Metamorphoses 5. On the Move 6. Danger 7. Victory. Saltando 8. Street-Organ 9. Inexorability 10. Game III. 8 CONCERT ETUDES-FANTASIAS 1. Improvisazione Alla Turca 2. Dance 3. Nostalgie 4. Solitude 5. Amusements 6. Tarantella 7. Sarcasm 8. Tango Style