Hello people. My name is Igor Maliska and I love to compose soundtrack like musics.

Here is my playlist. I'm a composer, and the thing I like most is to show my work to others. I would like to spread my music, but not because I want to publicize and gain fame, but for you people criticize and spoke what you liked or not. Thank you.

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String quartet mock up with Sibelius remotely controlling Presonus Studio One

Here's the URL to the playlist for a string quartet that I recorded via Sibelius as a scoring editor for Presonus Studio One (its the actual playback). (Three movements are available, and a fourth is coming.) String Quartet 1

Carnavale with Clown (6'

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Solemnity for French Horn, Viola, Violoncello and Double Bass

How can I improve, expand upon and neaten this, as I may submit it to competitions or an undergrad program?  Are the double stops on the bass playable?  Thanks.

StaffPad Solemnity for Double Bass Violoncello Viola and Fre.pdf

solemnity quartet.mp3

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Duet for Violin and Piano

Here is my most recently composed piece for Grade I students.  All feedback welcome, particularly feedback regarding measures 39 and 40, as I am trying to improve my compositional abilities the best I can!

Thank you in advance

StaffPad Simple Duet

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Aleksey Kovalenko - String Quartet №1 (live)

Aleksey Kovalenko - String Quartet №1 (live)

I. Moderato-Adagio-Allegro-Moderato
II. Allegro-Adagio
III. Lento
IV. Allegro
V. Allegro-Grave

Violin: Ekaterina Knyazeva

Violin: Ayshan Iskenderova

Viola: Nina Slunina

Cello: Julia Strekalovskaya

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Musings- solo violin

Hi- it's been a while since I was here, but I'm back for now.  

Here's a violin piece I wrote recently and had performed- let me know what you think!  I hope you enjoy it.

https://soundcloud.com/lara-poe/musings

Musings.pdf

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String Quartet (Bass, violoncello, viola, and violin)

"Strings Speak" was one of my first "completed" (I never added dynamics) compositions that I'm revisiting now.  Will have sheet music Wednesday.  I'm looking for suggestions for dynamics and what I should make arco (bowed) if any of it.  Please let m

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Open strings and hand positions- How much of a bad thing?

Hi. I was wondering if anyone has thoughts on the use of open strings; I suppose this discussion applies mostly to live performance, since digital orchestrations can be manipulated easier after the fact. I get the sense that playing higher open strin

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Question about string articulation use.

Hello everyone!

I listen to songs, and I try to breakdown the techniques and articulations there, and try to apply that to my tracks, but in that, I found a particular one that I don't know.

In these tracks, at the indicated time:

Ivan Torrent - The

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Should composers add violin fingerings?

I'm writing a piece for solo violin, and I was wondering if violinists would prefer fingerings written in by the composer.  Or would they prefer to add their own as they read through it?  I know fingerings can be a personal thing for each performer. 

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Violin Concerto

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Violin Concerto - Finished Movement

Hi all,

I posted here a few weeks ago while I had writers block on a Violin Concerto and I thought I would share with you all the finished piece!

Have a listen and let me know what you think

Many Thanks,
Joe

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