Musicology Annotation << Back Some Aspects of Vadim Bibergan’s Piano Work Medvedeva Nadezhda V. This paper discusses the piano work by the St. Petersburg composer Vadim Davidovich Bibergan (b. 1937). His output includes large-scale symphonic and choral compositions, works for musical theater and chamber vocal and instrumental music. He is especially interested in composing for Russian folk instruments as well as for cinema. Bibergan’s piano works ranges from the piano four-hand cycles to the large-scale Symphony-Concerto for piano and orchestra. His studies with N.N. Poznyakovskaya played an important role in the development of his piano style – as a pianist, Bibergan belongs to A.Yesipova’s school. The paper traces the history of his compositions and analyzes the stages of his work on Symphony-Concerto as well as its textural, formal and genre features. An emphasis is made on the folklore origins of his thematic material (the Ural chants and laments). Much attention is paid to unique features of Bibergan’s language of composing, imagery of his compositions and parallels with other art forms. The paper features the dates of the premieres and the information on the published compositions. Bibergan’s composing is inextricably linked to his performing both as a soloist and piano duo player with Vadim Palmov. Keywords: Vadim Bibergan, Nataliya Poznyakovskaya, Vadim Palmov, Symphony-Concerto, «Old-time love laments», the Ural chant. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.01.2020.1103 Contacts: - Pp. 03-11.