The Thomas de Hartmann Project Elan Sicroff

violinist katharina paul , elan sicroff, warwick, ma, 2011

de hartmann , gurdjieff co-composed between 1918 , 1927 repertoire of sacred music, has remained in circulation; however, de hartmann s catalog of classical music has been largely overlooked. in 2006, guitarist robert fripp (of band king crimson), adherent of teachings of gurdjieff , admirer of de hartmann s music, proposed sicroff take on task of bringing russian composer s music concert halls. fripp said me, if don’t music known, nobody going it, said sicroff. gurdjieff music safe. many, many people playing gurdjieff now. it’s de hartmann classical music still sitting under rock. purpose, thomas de hartmann project conceived. thomas daly, executor of estate of olga , thomas de hartmann, approved project, , permitted de hartmann s unpublished works distributed , performed.

a recording project, begun in netherlands in 2011 , produced gert-jan blom, artistic director of metropole orkest, completed in 2016. seven-cd set, thomas de hartmann project, featuring sicroff (with accompanists) performing composer s solo piano, chamber , vocal works, released on basta music label in september 2016.

sicroff has performed de hartmann’s music in performance violinist juliette zeelander, cellist anneke janssen , soprano nina lejderman. has performed de hartmann s violin sonata op. 51 violinist katharina paul. forming thomas de hartmann consort promote music future recitals. in addition, sicroff has programmed lecture-recital chronicles composer’s life , work live performance, recordings, , photos.