- Joined
- Jun 21, 2003
Suppose the world came to an end and you could preserve the musical canon of one figure skater for the next civilization. Who would you choose?
Fumie Suguri skated to Mozart symphony #40 and piano concerto #23
Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata)
Bach (Air on the G string and Tocatta and Fugue)
Not to mention Chpin (Piano Concerto #2), Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake), Rachmaniov (Piano Concerto #2), Debussey (Clair de Lune), Bizet (Carmen), and Ravel (Bolero).
Too Eurocentric and Dead-Composers-Society? She also skated to Ave Maria – not Schubert or Bach/Genoud but the aria by the twentieth century Soviet guitarist abd lute player Vladimir Vavilov. Vavilov did not want to get in trouble with the authorities by composing music with a religious theme, so he attributed his work to the 16th century Italian composer Giulio Caccini.
Suguri wasn’t afraid to try jazz. As far as I know she is the only skater ever to skate to both Take Five (the best-selling jazz single of all time) and to Blue Rondo ala Turk (in 9/8 time, from the same 1959 Dave Brubeck-Paul Desmond album.)
As of a 2016 /2017 Suguri (age 36 then) was still competing – in “elite masters” competitions.
Fumie Suguri skated to Mozart symphony #40 and piano concerto #23
Beethoven (Moonlight Sonata)
Bach (Air on the G string and Tocatta and Fugue)
Not to mention Chpin (Piano Concerto #2), Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake), Rachmaniov (Piano Concerto #2), Debussey (Clair de Lune), Bizet (Carmen), and Ravel (Bolero).
Too Eurocentric and Dead-Composers-Society? She also skated to Ave Maria – not Schubert or Bach/Genoud but the aria by the twentieth century Soviet guitarist abd lute player Vladimir Vavilov. Vavilov did not want to get in trouble with the authorities by composing music with a religious theme, so he attributed his work to the 16th century Italian composer Giulio Caccini.
Suguri wasn’t afraid to try jazz. As far as I know she is the only skater ever to skate to both Take Five (the best-selling jazz single of all time) and to Blue Rondo ala Turk (in 9/8 time, from the same 1959 Dave Brubeck-Paul Desmond album.)
As of a 2016 /2017 Suguri (age 36 then) was still competing – in “elite masters” competitions.
Int. Adult Figure Skating Championship '16
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