Transient Moments

About the Book

The book includes selected stories connected with the memories of exciting transient moments of the writer’s life. These works, basically, have an autobiographic character and are often penetrated by romantic perception of events. They also mention both the eternal subjects of human life and the most sensitive issues of the present. The author’s favorite thoughts about the peculiarity of musicians’ lives are originally fit in his short stories. The name of the book has something in common with the name of a piano cycle “Visions fugitives” written by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev. The title of the cycle was derived from Konstantin Balmont’s poem, and one line was taken as epigraph: In every fugitive vision I see worlds, full of the changing play of rainbow hues… As the author of the book notices, “…the musician’s life, being sifted through time sieve, often leaves in memory something fleeting, transient, fugitive. But if you select a right key to these events, they play by all rainbow hues, and it awakens an emotional response in soul of the reader”.

About the Author

Ukrainian-born violist Yuri Kholodov happily combines the high music professionalism - he is the Prize Winner of the International Chamber Music Competition, People’s Artist of Ukraine, awarded the State T. Shevchenko Prize (the highest recognition for cultural achievement in Ukraine) - and undoubted writing gift. Performing as violist of famous Lysenko string quartet the extensive repertoire, including hundreds of compositions of different styles and epochs, Yuri Kholodov has imbibed all of the richest shades of chamber composers’ heritage. Imaginative world of the prominent artists enriched his own artistic world, contributed to his artistic perception of reality, and was reflected in his literature works. His books - “Inness”, 2001, “Solo for viola”, 2006, “Quiet music”, 2010, “Melodies of Love”, 2011, “Savannah Revelations”, 2012, “Revelations of the misanthrope”, 2012,“These strange musicians”, 2013, published in Russian, attract readers by their special tune, musical sounding, psychological details, gentle humor, and wonderful ability of author to reincarnate and lead life of the very different his personages. Now he lives and works in USA, Savannah, Georgia. His website www.booksofmusicians.info tells about his creative work in details.