Markevich, Igor'
(1912–1983)
Markevich [Markyéveech], Igor' (7–27–1912, Kiev; 3–7–1983, Antibes, France). Cond. and comp. Left Russia in 1913 with his family and settled in Switzerland (1916). In Paris, studied pf with Cortot at the Ecole Normale de Musique and counterpoint and comp. with N. Boulanger. Some of his works (such as the ballet Rébus) were received enthusiastically, and he was dubbed “Igor II” (Stravinsky being “Igor I”). The orig. vers. of The Flight of Icarus incl. some quarter-tone passages and prompted…