{"id":10114,"date":"2020-10-25T01:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T22:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theremintimes.ru\/?p=10114"},"modified":"2021-04-19T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T07:55:29","slug":"christmas-miracle-by-moog-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theremin.today\/?p=10114&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Miracle by Moog Music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Theremin is always a technology, a bit of mysticism, a handful of procrastination or reflection (by choice) The global theremin community is a very narrow circle of fans and enthusiasts of the theremin, among whom there are a very, very limited number of professional thereminists, Nevertheless, the problem of a high-quality concert instrument is most acute today and hinders the development of the performing art of playing the theremin in the modern cultural space.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each thereminist solves this problem for himself individually ‘: someone installs a module, someone acquires a pedal, someone buys an infinite number of theremins in the hope of finding ideal , and someone is content with one available theremin and humbly works with what is, locking your dreams in the closet. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"MoogFifteen years ago, Bob Moog released his latest theremin, the Moog Pro which was developed by Bob Moog in collaboration with the wonderful thereminist Pamelia Stickney<\/a> , this instrument was released in a limited edition and won the hearts of most foreign professional thereminists. For many years, MoogPro has been available only in the secondary market and its cost reaches $ 6,000<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This situation severely hits young and emerging theremin performers who need a quality instrument to be able to build a public performing career. Leopold Stokowski joked that Clara Rockmore could play anything, even a kitchen stove, but in reality Clara achieved everything on the exclusive theremin created for her by Lev Theremin .<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For my taste, the Moog pro theremin contains too much synthetics and simplified sterility for my Russian soul to strive for this instrument, but on the other hand, most foreign professional thereminists choose Moog Pro, and I cannot blame them for this, because stability in a concert theremin is often above all, and being a good fellow on the Moog Pro is much easier than working on more whimsical, laborious and good modern theremins such as a subscope, wave front, etc. <\/span><\/p>\n

I perfectly understand that the acoustic barrier between the instruments of Lev Theremin and Robert Moog never will be overcome, but it is not required, since it is impossible to build a personal brand on copying a genius, behind the Moog instruments will always be his own personality, perception and American pop culture.<\/span><\/p>\n