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With Pictures from One’s Exhibition, percussionist, filmmaker and creator Konstantyn Napolov reimagines one of classical music’s most iconic masterpieces for the 21st century. Inspired by Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, this cinematic new album and original film soundtrack transforms the legendary musical promenade into an immersive journey through memory, imagination and contemporary culture.

Performed by acclaimed pianist Ralph van Raat, violinist Merel Vercammen and Napolov on more than 60 percussion instruments from around the world, the recording is centered around a bold new arrangement by Marlijn van Prooijen and Konstantyn Napolov for piano, percussion and ad libitum violin — a combination never before realized on this scale for Mussorgsky’s visionary work.

Bridging classical tradition with film, contemporary art and global sonic influences, the album expands beyond the original score through newly commissioned works by four international composers: Alam Hernández (Mexico), Katherine Teng (Taiwan), Arefeh Hekmatpanah (Iran) and Jasper de Bock (Nederland). Inspired by masterpieces of modern and contemporary art, their compositions create a dialogue across generations, cultures and artistic disciplines, extending Mussorgsky’s original vision more than 150 years into the present day.

Epic yet intimate, explosive yet poetic, Pictures from One’s Exhibition dissolves the boundaries between concert experience, cinema and visual art. The result is a deeply immersive listening experience that invites the audience to step inside a moving exhibition of sound, emotion and imagination.

Obscure Atlas

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Obscure Atlas is the new EP by Trio Basilova | Fridman | Napolov, containing Obscure Atlas СГ-3 by Aart Strootman and a live recording of Microscope by Daniel Wohl.

Trio Basilova | Fridman | Napolov and orchestra – live from the TivoliVredenburg

"[...] The performance is so flawless it's hard to believe that it's a live recording."
Luister Magazine
"[...] the physical release of Obscure Atlas is as much art object as musical recording [...]"
Textura
" [...] A hallucinating journey that can almost be felt physically [...]"
Alpha Audio
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Droplets II | Live from the Royal Concertgebouw

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It’s May 27, 2020, and we are in the final days of the first national lockdown in which concert life in the Netherlands has come to a complete standstill. That afternoon, the world-renowned Grote Zaal of the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is completely empty – except for one percussionist. At that moment, Konstantyn Napolov performs, on only one minuscule gong (a Chinese opera gong with a diameter of 13″, to be precise) that was made in Wuhan, a piece by the Dutch composer Christiaan Richter, titled ‘Droplets II’.

 

A good response to the spirit of the times, one would say – but no, according to the composer, neither the title of the piece nor the choice for an instrument from the place where the virus first appeared have anything to do with the current Covid19-times and all of this is based on coincidence. In fact, the piece Droplets II is part of Richter’s cycle ‘Droplets’, consisting of four pieces for percussion solo, which was composed in 2017 for Napolov and premiered by him as part of the Gaudeamus Music Week in Utrecht.

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The Collectors

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Music for piano and percussion, music that can be more expressive and explosive than any other duo imaginable. The beautiful sonority of a big Fazioli grand piano, combined with the raw force and timbral structure of a giant set of percussion, and even some electronics here and there.
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“[…] They are all intriguing in a different way.”
De Volkskrant
"[…] een van de beste presentaties […]"
Gramophone Magazine, London
"[...] The Collectors [...] CD you wouldn't want to miss in 2018."
Thea Derks - Music critic
“[...] Behind every composition is its own story that is being told by Konstantyn Napolov and Eke Simons. They paint fascinating musical landscapes full of subtleties, tension, and sonic atmospheres. [...]”
Ruud Jonker, Music Emotion
“[…] Even listening in regular stereo you can’t believe your own ears, let alone when this happens in surround sound. The feeling persists that the musicians are performing in your room. […] In other words, whatever you can say about the music, what is in order here is the highest possible opinion of the artisan profession that is music. […]”
Aart van der Wal, Opus Klassiek
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Baba Yaga is een krachtige en opwindende single, geïnspireerd door het duistere en mysterieuze Slavische volksverhaal over de legendarische heks Baba Yaga. Dit unieke arrangement voor slagwerk en piano van Marijn van Prooijen en Konstantyn Napolov herinterpreteert het 150 jaar oude meesterwerk van Modest Moessorgski en transformeert het tot een eigentijdse, filmische klankwereld.

Gedreven door een hypnotiserende groove, gespeeld op rototoms, tamboerijnen en bongo’s, met dramatische uitbarstingen van energie door de splashbekkens, ontstaat een spannend muzikaal gesprek met de expressieve pianomelodieën. Virtuoze passages tussen marimba en piano brengen een intense energie en een onstuitbare muzikale vaart, terwijl de hele muzikale reis voortdurend wordt onderbroken door de mysterieuze en filmische verschijning van Baba Yaga zelf — die opduikt in diepe, langzame en spookachtige marimbalijnen, waardoor een betoverend contrast ontstaat.

Baba Yaga combineert ritmische kracht, virtuositeit en theatrale vertelkunst en verandert een legendarisch figuur uit de folklore in een levendige hedendaagse muzikale ervaring waarin oude mythologie en moderne klankwereld samenkomen.

 

Baba Yaga is a powerful and electrifying single inspired by the dark and mysterious Slavic folktale of the legendary witch Baba Yaga. This unique arrangement for percussion and piano by Marijn van Prooijen and Konstantyn Napolov reimagines Modest Mussorgsky’s 150-year-old masterpiece, transforming it into a contemporary cinematic sound world.

Driven by a hypnotic groove performed on rototoms, tambourines, and bongos, with dramatic bursts of energy from the splash cymbals, the piece creates a thrilling dialogue with the expressive piano melodies. Virtuosic passages between marimba and piano bring intense energy and unstoppable momentum, while the entire musical journey is constantly interrupted by the eerie and cinematic presence of Baba Yaga herself — emerging through deep, slow, and haunting marimba lines that create a mysterious and spellbinding contrast.

Baba Yaga combines rhythmic power, virtuosity, and theatrical storytelling, transforming a legendary figure from folklore into a vivid contemporary musical experience where ancient mythology meets modern sound.

 

Brushstrokes is a striking work by Dutch composer Jasper de Bock, featured on the upcoming album by Konstantyn Napolov and Ralph van Raat. Inspired by the paintings of Hendrik Willem Mesdag and his iconic Panorama Mesdag, the piece carries a unique personal connection: Jasper de Bock’s great-great-grandfather, Théophile de Bock, was one of the artists who collaborated with Mesdag on the creation of the Panorama.

With its strong visual character, Brushstrokes unfolds as a perfect film music sequence, where sound, image, movement, and narrative come together. Blurring the boundaries between music, visual art, and spoken word, the work transforms the percussionist into both musician and performer. Throughout the piece, the percussionist writes with a thick marker on large cardboard panels while using spoken-word techniques, creating an expressive dialogue between sound, text, gesture, and movement.

Together with the piano, Brushstrokes becomes a vivid artistic canvas where every musical gesture acts as a brushstroke, inviting the listener into a unique multisensory experience that connects contemporary music with the timeless world of visual art.

 

Brushstrokes is een indrukwekkend werk van de Nederlandse componist Jasper de Bock, opgenomen op het aankomende album van Konstantyn Napolov en Ralph van Raat. Het stuk is geïnspireerd door de schilderijen van Hendrik Willem Mesdag en zijn iconische Panorama Mesdag en heeft bovendien een bijzondere persoonlijke connectie: de betovergrootvader van Jasper de Bock, Théophile de Bock, was een van de kunstenaars die samen met Mesdag meewerkte aan de totstandkoming van het Panorama.

Met zijn sterke visuele karakter ontvouwt Brushstrokes zich als een perfecte filmscène in muzikale vorm, waarin klank, beeld, beweging en verhaal samenkomen. Het werk vervaagt de grenzen tussen muziek, beeldende kunst en gesproken woord en maakt van de slagwerker zowel een musicus als een performer. Tijdens het stuk schrijft de slagwerker met een dikke marker op grote kartonnen panelen en gebruikt hij technieken uit de gesproken woordkunst, waardoor een expressieve dialoog ontstaat tussen geluid, tekst, gebaar en beweging.

Samen met de piano wordt Brushstrokes een levend artistiek canvas waarin iedere muzikale beweging een penseelstreek wordt. Het werk nodigt de luisteraar uit in een unieke multidimensionale ervaring waarin hedendaagse muziek verbonden wordt met de tijdloze wereld van de beeldende kunst.