Cadence Fantastique (1915) by Nikolaï Tcherepnine

Violin : François Pineau-Benois Piano : Guilhem Fabre Live concert recorded in France, Villefavard Auditorium (read more about composer below) With the support of the Safran Foundation () and of the Tcherepnin Society () The composer Nikolaï Tcherepnin (1873-1945) was the conductor of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes orchestra and collaborated with the architect and painter Alexandre Benois. His most famous work is Pavillon d’Armide. He was the teacher of Sergei Prokofiev, whose compositions he oversaw. He fled with his family to Paris in 1920, where he championed and conducted the music of Stravinsky. He helped Serge Rachmaninov found the Paris Russian Conservatory in 1923, whom he was the first director. Which was later renamed the Paris Rachmaninov Conservatory.() Tcherepnin composed his Cadence Fantastique in 1915. His style had evolved since his fir