About this project
My name is Avguste Antonov, and I am a concert pianist. You can find more about me and my career(including reviews, press news and other items) on my site at http://avgusteantonov.com
As a concert pianist, I believe that one has to find its own niche of repertoire. For me that niche is the music of living American composers. Over the years, I have had the pleasure of working with composers such as Carter Pann, Robert Rollin, Raina Murnak, John-Arrigo Nelson and others.
As a concert pianist, I am also always looking for exciting career opportunities and such a career opportunity presented itself to me this past December/January when I began discussing the recording of an American music CD with the Parma Recordings label.
You can find more information about Parma at http://www.parmarecordings.com/
Following a couple of month of discussions, Parma Recordings and myself came to an agreement about the recording of a CD of American living composers. Under the agreement, the CD will be released under the Parma Recordings label and distributed internationally by Naxos.
To learn about Naxos, please check http://www.naxos.com/
Parma Recordings has gracefully provided a project sheet describing the project. The project sheet can be viewed at http://docs.google.com/fileview...
As such, during the summer of 2010, I will be recording the CD, which will contain the following composers/works:
Carter Pann, "Upstate Rag" and "Soiree Macabre"
Raina Murnak, "Le Mystere D'Attraction"
George N. Gianopoulos, Op. 15 - Five Pieces for Solo Piano
Matthew Lewis, "Fantasy-Suite"
Robert Rollin, "Blue Fantasy"
Unfortunately, such an exciting project costs money. Things like production, enhanced content, mastering, duplication, international release don't come cheap. Making the quality recording that I want, and the listeners deserve can be quite cost prohibitive....or so I thought until now...
Kickstarter.com combined with your generosity and enthusiasm can bring this project to life. KickStarter allows for anyone to pledge any amount of money and that amount will be charged only if the total cost of the project is met.
For those of you who help me out on the project, I have come up with some backer rewards ranging from an advanced copy of the CD and behind-the-scenes access to the project to your very own private recital. You can see a list of all of these things here on the Kickstarter website. Remember, every penny counts toward making this CD happen!
So thanks for checking out my project, pledging, and sharing this project with your friends that might be interested too. Most of all, thank you for helping me fulfill my dream of recording and sharing this exciting music with you!
Avguste
FAQ
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
2
Backers
$510
pledged of $7,500 goal
0
seconds to go
Funding Unsuccessful
This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on August 8, 2010.
Pledge $2 or more Pledge $2 or more
BRONZE - access to exclusive, online, behind- the-scenes project updates
Pledge $5 or more Pledge $5 or more
Receive a one-of-a-kind thank you postcard with a music measure (from one of the recorded works) as design.
Pledge $10 or more Pledge $10 or more
SILVER- Advanced copy of the CD. It will be shipped to you when it is done, before public release. (plus Bronze reward)
Pledge $13 or more Pledge $13 or more
GOLD- Advanced copy of the CD. It will be shipped to you when it is done, before public release, including a special note with the CD expressing personal thanks. (plus Bronze reward)
Pledge $20 or more Pledge $20 or more
PLATINUM- 2 CD package which will include a special gift. What the special gift is, is yet to be decided, but one definitely will be included. (plus Bronze reward)
Pledge $50 or more Pledge $50 or more
MEMBER- limited edition t-shirt and name on the CD enhanced content as Project MEMBER (plus Bronze and Silver rewards)
Pledge $150 or more Pledge $150 or more
SPONSOR - Special recognition on the CD enhanced content as Project SPONSOR and your business and/or personal website included in the CD enhanced content (plus Bronze,Silver and Member rewards)
Pledge $500 or more Pledge $500 or more
BENEFACTOR - CD recognition as Project BENEFACTOR on the CD enhanced content(plus Bronze, Silver, Member and Sponsor rewards)
Pledge $1,000 or more Pledge $1,000 or more
PATRON - Private recital for you and 20 of your closest friends, CD recognition at the highest level as Project PATRON on the CD enhanced content (plus all bronze, silver, member and sponsor rewards)
Project By
Connected as Avguste Antonov (960 friends)
Pianist Avguste Antonov leads an active career as soloist and teacher. He is currently Piano Instructor at The Master's Touch School of Music & Performing Arts, LLC.
Avguste Antonov has presented recitals in Bordeaux(France), Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas, Ohio and has performed extensively with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, University of Kansas Symphony, Symphonic Choir and the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony. Performance venues include the Music Education National Convention with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble and the College Band Directors National Association with the Texas Christian University Wind Symphony.
He has also been featured soloist with the University of Kansas Symphony, the Kansas City Medical Arts Symphony, the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, the Hardin-Simmons University Orchestra.
Mr. Antonov is a dedicated performer of 20th and 21st century music and has performed World and US premieres at venues such as the University of Miami, University of Kansas, Youngstown State University and has worked with composers Carter Pann, John Mackey, Raina Murnak, John Arrigo-Nelson, Matthew Lewis, Till Meyn, Michael Colgrass, Robert Rollin and many others.
He has been featured in recordings for MusicForLearning(solo) and Naxos(with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble). His performances can also be heard on the web thanks to Playlist.com, Beemp3.com and other digital music websites.
Mr. Antonov is a lifetime member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and member of the American Music Center. He is a featured pianist for the Piano Society (pianosociety.com).
Born in Bulgaria, Mr. Antonov began music studies at the age of 5. In 1989, after joining his mother and stepfather in France, he studied at the prestigious private school Ecole Normale de Paris (1989-1990) and at the Conservatoire Nationale de Region de Bordeaux (1990-1999). His teachers in France were Alain Motard and Herve N'Kaoua.
Following his stay in Bordeaux, Mr. Antonov moved to the United States where he attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1999-2000) studying with Robert Weirich and Stanislav Ioudenitch (2001 co-winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition). The following year Avguste joined the University of Kansas (2000-2005) where he studied under Jack Winerock and in May 2005, Avguste obtained the Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Kansas. That same year, Avguste Antonov obtained the United States citizenship.
In 2006, Mr Antonov moved to Texas, and between 2006-2008, he studied at Texas Christian University under the direction of Tamas Ungar.
