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Thank you for visiting my website. Let me briefly introduce myself, leaving principal arguments to the music that "expresses that what cannot be said and on what it is impossible to be silent."1
About my family. Grandfather is an officer of higher rank (Russian), grandmother (German, from the nobility) graduated the St. Petersburg Conservatory; grandmother was a pianist; father (from the Baltic) was an aeronautical engineer and scientist, mother - Doctor of Arts and choirmaster; sisters - teachers, one of them is a poet.
In my youth, I learned without assistance computer, electric and acoustic guitar, musical acoustics and sound engineering, building recording studio (on the books by Philip Newell). Also I developed my own method of spectral "decryption" tones of electric guitar (the results of this work can be heard on this site).
Then I worked independently on opera and rock vocals technique, learning "the technique of resonant singing". Investigated during this work the biophysical and mechanical-acoustic features of vocal tract, and the phenomenon of singing vibrato, about the results of which had the honor to report twice to V.P. Morozov in the Institute of Psychology RAS.
Also I was fond of cycling and swimming sports (as well as all kinds of "male" jobs, as growing up without a father).
Graduated the Philosophy Faculty of the University.
Currently I’m working on the dissertation on philosophy, recording a music album, I have a small recording studio.
I always liked self-education. It seemed more effective to me from epistemological progress standpoint, because any educational system (irrespective to degree of its perfection) inevitably imposes certain norms on the process of cognition, which have, in my opinion, both positive and negative aspects.
Norm (I'm talking about norm in the epistemological, and not in an ethical sense), on the one hand, adds the necessary discipline in cognition process, builds a culture of thinking. On the other hand, it serves as an element of "theoretical and epistemological ideology aimed at block some forms and results of thinking"2 being a certain obstacle on the way to new knowledge and new scientific paradigm. (A similar situation is observed in the phenomenon of theoretical “loading” of empirical knowledge, reflected in the fact that our understanding of the objective reality emerge through a series of explanatory and interpretational theories.) At the same time, leveling normative aspects can lead to relativism and irrationalism in epistemology and, as a consequence, to the denial of objective truth, and of knowledge accumulation.
Probably, this dilemma requires "Interval method" to be resolved, or, in other words, the strict sense of measure. Whether I have succeeded to follow it or not, time will tell.
I would be happy if you find my work interesting.
Thank you for your attention.
A. Vengrus. 01-27-2014.
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1Hugo V., William Shakespeare (1864) Part I, Book II, Chapter IV.
2Kasavin I. Truth, New Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Moscow, "Thought", 2010) Vol. 2, p. 171.
About my family. Grandfather is an officer of higher rank (Russian), grandmother (German, from the nobility) graduated the St. Petersburg Conservatory; grandmother was a pianist; father (from the Baltic) was an aeronautical engineer and scientist, mother - Doctor of Arts and choirmaster; sisters - teachers, one of them is a poet.
In my youth, I learned without assistance computer, electric and acoustic guitar, musical acoustics and sound engineering, building recording studio (on the books by Philip Newell). Also I developed my own method of spectral "decryption" tones of electric guitar (the results of this work can be heard on this site).
Then I worked independently on opera and rock vocals technique, learning "the technique of resonant singing". Investigated during this work the biophysical and mechanical-acoustic features of vocal tract, and the phenomenon of singing vibrato, about the results of which had the honor to report twice to V.P. Morozov in the Institute of Psychology RAS.
Also I was fond of cycling and swimming sports (as well as all kinds of "male" jobs, as growing up without a father).
Graduated the Philosophy Faculty of the University.
Currently I’m working on the dissertation on philosophy, recording a music album, I have a small recording studio.
I always liked self-education. It seemed more effective to me from epistemological progress standpoint, because any educational system (irrespective to degree of its perfection) inevitably imposes certain norms on the process of cognition, which have, in my opinion, both positive and negative aspects.
Norm (I'm talking about norm in the epistemological, and not in an ethical sense), on the one hand, adds the necessary discipline in cognition process, builds a culture of thinking. On the other hand, it serves as an element of "theoretical and epistemological ideology aimed at block some forms and results of thinking"2 being a certain obstacle on the way to new knowledge and new scientific paradigm. (A similar situation is observed in the phenomenon of theoretical “loading” of empirical knowledge, reflected in the fact that our understanding of the objective reality emerge through a series of explanatory and interpretational theories.) At the same time, leveling normative aspects can lead to relativism and irrationalism in epistemology and, as a consequence, to the denial of objective truth, and of knowledge accumulation.
Probably, this dilemma requires "Interval method" to be resolved, or, in other words, the strict sense of measure. Whether I have succeeded to follow it or not, time will tell.
I would be happy if you find my work interesting.
Thank you for your attention.
A. Vengrus. 01-27-2014.
_________________________________________
1Hugo V., William Shakespeare (1864) Part I, Book II, Chapter IV.
2Kasavin I. Truth, New Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Moscow, "Thought", 2010) Vol. 2, p. 171.
Philosopher, scientist, musician (guitarist, opera and rock singer, arranger) and sound engineer.
Listening music
Curriculum vitae
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Section I
Modern works
Modern works
All work on the recording of musical pieces published below (except fragments of original compositions used as an example in Section III), and specifically, arrangement, execution of all parties (solo vocals, solo guitars, grand piano and other keys, drums, bass guitar, orchestra, choir), sound engineering made Alexander Vengrus.
I have attempted to make my interpretation this musical masterpiece of Albinoni. In the basis of:
- score T. Albinoni (original),
- on period of record from 01:52 to 02:17 in the choir arrangement used harmonies by Dmitriy Hvorostovsky and Quartet “Kvatro”,
- crotales party and culmination of the music in the period from 3:51 to 4:07 made as Adagio by Lara Fabian.
- score T. Albinoni (original),
- on period of record from 01:52 to 02:17 in the choir arrangement used harmonies by Dmitriy Hvorostovsky and Quartet “Kvatro”,
- crotales party and culmination of the music in the period from 3:51 to 4:07 made as Adagio by Lara Fabian.
Section II
Youthful works
Youthful works
2. Nocturne (A. Babajanyan - R. Rozhde-
Section III
Spectral "decryption" tones of electric guitar
Spectral "decryption" tones of electric guitar
Group 1.
© Metallica - Of wolf and man (fragment).
My version.
Group 2.
© Aria - Palach (fragment).
My version.
Group 3.
© Hammerfall - The champion (fragment).
My version.
© Metallica - Of wolf and man (fragment).
My version.
Group 2.
© Aria - Palach (fragment).
My version.
Group 3.
© Hammerfall - The champion (fragment).
My version.
I did these "decryptions" in the period 2004-2005, using the software for processing sound, contrary to popular opinion at that time among sound engineers that using a computer is impossible to get a similar sound. Turned out possible.
A number of documents
Before you, three groups of audio records, which first shows small fragment of the original piece of music and then my version of it. These records reveal that I have achieved legendary guitar timbres.
Reviews
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1. Adagio (T. Albinoni, сover version).
1. Espagnol (unfortunately, the composer of
this music is unknown to me).
2. Major blues (my composition).
The following two compositions were made about 14 years of age. Please do not judge strictly.
3. Dignare (G.F. Handel, cover version). For me
the electric guitar - is one of the most powerful tools, that not inferior in its capabilities instruments of orchestra. Concept: synthesis classics music - a centuries-old art, its wealth musical language and rock music - a young art, musical language which is still in its infancy.
4. Neoclassical variations (my composition).
Stamps and signatures removed.
stvensky).
