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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-13-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Instrumental Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........1998 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.vitalijkuprij.net ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Vitalij Kuprij Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Extreme Measures (Jap. Ed.) Label : Roadrunner ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Vitalij Kuprij, pianist and composer, has been ║ │
│║ the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. He ║ │
│║ won the prestigious first prize as the youngest ║ │
│║ person to compete in the All Union Chopin ║ │
│║ Competition held in the Republic of Kazan, ║ │
│║ Soviet Union; the gold medal in the Kiev ║ │
│║ Conservatory Competition and the Poltawa, ║ │
│║ Ukraine Mykola Lyssenko Competition. In addition ║ │
│║ he received first prize in the Geneva Duo ║ │
│║ Competition for Violin and Piano as well as the ║ │
│║ gold medal in the Piano 80 and Swiss Youth ║ │
│║ Competition; the Chicago Piano Competition; the ║ │
│║ New York Piano Competition; and the Cleveland ║ │
│║ Piano Competition. ║ │
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│║ Vitalij's appearances on Ukranian radio and ║ │
│║ television have brought him critical acclaim for ║ │
│║ his performances. Flutist James Galway chose Mr ║ │
│║ Kuprij as his accompanist for International ║ │
│║ Flute Seminar Master Classes held in Switzerland ║ │
│║ and for work on an international tour. Mr Galway ║ │
│║ and Vitalij were recently heard throughout the ║ │
│║ country on National Public Radio together when ║ │
│║ Sir James played a world-premier of one of ║ │
│║ Vitalij's original compositions written for ║ │
│║ piano and flute broadcast throughout the United ║ │
│║ States. Soon thereafter, Vitalij was featured on ║ │
│║ WRTI for an hour broadcast from Philadelphia; ║ │
│║ Crossover with Jill Pasternak. "He is most ║ │
│║ gifted and his playing is simply poetic. This ║ │
│║ young man is an explosion waiting to happen....I ║ │
│║ have rarely seen an audience react to a pianist ║ │
│║ in the way the Swiss audience reacted when he ║ │
│║ played a solo in the middle of my recital." Sir ║ │
│║ James Galway. ║ │
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│║ Mr Kuprij has been much in demand as a soloist, ║ │
│║ recitalist,pianist and composer throughout the ║ │
│║ United States and abroad. He played in many ║ │
│║ countries throughout the world including France, ║ │
│║ Germany, Italy, Japan,Mexico, Poland, ║ │
│║ Switzerland,the United Kingdom and of course the ║ │
│║ Soviet Union. ║ │
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│║ March 7,1999, Mr. Kuprij was selected as the ║ │
│║ soloist to perform the Lizst Piano Concerto #1 ║ │
│║ with the New York Youth Symphony at Carnegie ║ │
│║ Hall followed by performances at the Alice Tully ║ │
│║ Hall and Avery Fisher Hall...all with high ║ │
│║ acclaim. He has played for two President's of ║ │
│║ the United States and dignitaries throughout the ║ │
│║ world. Many times he performs his own ║ │
│║ compositions that have been recorded on various ║ │
│║ labels and released in many countries. ║ │
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│║ Vitalij began his serious piano studies at ║ │
│║ Kiev's Mykola Lyssenko Music Academy for highly ║ │
│║ talented and selected students where he studied ║ │
│║ with Professor Nina Najditsch . After graduation ║ │
│║ from this major conservatory he was sent to ║ │
│║ Switzerland to study with Vienna's Rudolph ║ │
│║ Buchbinder at the world renown Basel ║ │
│║ Conservatoire in Switzerland where he obtained ║ │
│║ his second degree . In 1995, Mr Kuprij was sent ║ │
│║ to the United States upon recommendation by Sir ║ │
│║ James Galway to begin his music studies with ║ │
│║ Gary Graffman, President and Director of Curtis ║ │
│║ Institute of Music in Philadelphia. From Curtis, ║ │
│║ while on full scholarship ,he obtained another ║ │
│║ degree and graduated from this world famous ║ │
│║ institution in 2000. Mr Graffman is quoted as ║ │
│║ saying,"Vitalij is a powerful,elegant and ║ │
│║ communicative artist...an amazing musician." ║ │
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│║ Since graduation from the Curtis Institute Mr ║ │
│║ Kuprij has been concertizing around the world. ║ │
│║ He recently was heard in Italy and Mexico where ║ │
│║ he played Chopin's 1st Piano Concerto and the ║ │
│║ most beloved Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto to ║ │
│║ rave reviews with major orchestras. ║ │
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│║ Vitalij recently had his solo Carnegie Hall ║ │
│║ debut where he played two encores to an almost ║ │
│║ capacity crowd. From this event he was featured ║ │
│║ in a two page spread in the New York Times by ║ │
│║ Arts and Entertainment writer, Dan Wakin. ║ │
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│║ There is another side to this multi-faceted ║ │
│║ young man....Unlike most classically trained ║ │
│║ musicians Vitalij's cross-over capability into ║ │
│║ the neo-classical world evidences him as a ║ │
│║ leading force in the alternative rock and ║ │
│║ musical exploration as we know it today. He has ║ │
│║ numerous albums out under the Marquee Avalon and ║ │
│║ Yamaha labels. After moving to "Number Two" on ║ │
│║ the Japanese charts he has received offers from ║ │
│║ promoters for a world tour. He has been seen on ║ │
│║ the college scene to outstanding raves and has ║ │
│║ been heard giving incredible Master Classes and ║ │
│║ workshops in institutions and various venues ║ │
│║ throughout the United States including recent ║ │
│║ sessions in theTower Record stores in Japan. ║ │
│║ Here he has a tremendous following evidenced ║ │
│║ from the latest polls and charts. ║ │
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│║ This summer Vitalij will be the featured artist ║ │
│║ making his first appearance at Mexico's "Music ║ │
│║ Fest" in Mexico City. Here neo-classic rock fans ║ │
│║ as well as other music enthusiasts will gather ║ │
│║ together to hear well-known artists in their ║ │
│║ field from around the world. ║ │
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│║ Presently, Vitalij is in negotiations with the ║ │
│║ Kiev Philharmonic to record the Rachmaninoff 2nd ║ │
│║ Piano Concerto. This will bring him back to his ║ │
│║ roots where as a child posters of Vitalij were ║ │
│║ seen throughout Russia and the Ukraine. ║ │
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│║ Mr Kuprij, when he is not touring, is working on ║ │
│║ his most challenging and requiring project to ║ │
│║ date in writing and composing his own piano ║ │
│║ concerto. Those who have heard the beginnings of ║ │
│║ this tremendous project are already feeling it ║ │
│║ to be a masterpiece that will be recognized in ║ │
│║ years to come. Mr Kuprij plans to dedicate his ║ │
│║ Concerto to the memory of his late father and ║ │
│║ mentor who was a professor of trombone and music ║ │
│║ theory in a conservatory in the Ukraine. ║ │
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│║ One of Vitalij's most important values is the ║ │
│║ opportunity to help educate youth through his ║ │
│║ music. He feels strongly that if one is exposed ║ │
│║ to this incredible art form it will add valuable ║ │
│║ beauty and joy to one's life. Because of this, ║ │
│║ he many times has given of his time and energy ║ │
│║ in order to full-fill this valuable mission as ║ │
│║ he portrays it. ║ │
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│║ Aaron Rosand is quoted as saying,"Vitalij Kuprij ║ │
│║ is one of the outstanding pianists of his ║ │
│║ generation. His charismatic style, technique, ║ │
│║ and personality are reminiscent of piano legends ║ │
│║ of a bygone era. I have not heard Chopin played ║ │
│║ this well since Rubenstein." ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Prologue [01:04] │
│ 02 - Destination [09:11] │
│ 03 - Extreme Measures [07:31] │
│ 04 - Depression [06:15] │
│ 05 - Chopin Etude #11 In A Minor [03:57] │
│ 06 - Crying In The Shadows [05:03] │
│ 07 - Track On Fire [05:44] │
│ 08 - Chopin Etude #12 In C Minor [02:31] │
│ 09 - Intrigue [04:58] │
│ 10 - Beethoven 32 Variations In C Minor [10:33] │
│ 11 - Epilogue-Improvisation On A Theme By Bach [05:18] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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