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The Theremin by Country

The Theremin by Country

Find out about the theremin in your country, or in other countries across the world.

Austria

Austria

Austria's past as a European power and its cultural environment have generated a broad contribution to various forms of art, most notably among them music. Austria has been the birthplace of many famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner,...
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Japan

Japan

The Theremin in Japan

The theremin is huge in Japan, and that seems to be largely the result of the efforts of one person - Masami Takeuchi. Masami Takeuchi is not only the most popular and well known theremin player in Japan, but he has almost single handedly introduced and popularised the theremin across the...
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Russia

Russia

Russia was the birthplace of the theremin, and it was the Soviet Regime that pulled the theremin into the spotlight, when Lenin, after a private demonstration of the instrument, granted Professor Theremin a mandate to publicise his invention all over the USSR and abroad. The theremin was seen...
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The UK

The UK

The Theremin in the UK

The theremin has grown enormously in popularity in the UK over the past few years, and is home to some excellent thereminists. The first exposure of the theremin to the UK was when Leon Theremin gave a lecture-concert as he was en-route to America. This is an area which does require some...
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The USA

The USA

Whilst the theremin is a Russian invention, it is fair to say that in many ways, the USA is the theremin's spiritual home. It was thanks to the generous support of American Heir, socialite, and thereminist Lucie Rosen that Professor Leon Theremin was able to finance his extensive studios on West...
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Forums Latest

Video of the Harrison Instruments Model 302 Theremin in action
Rupert Chappelle, thereminist. http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C5FC83A49CDA1922...

By rupertchappelle, Apr 25

Accompaniment...
The pianist shouts at the thereminist: "I tried to play for you on the white keys. Then I...

By thierry, Mar 20

Perhaps a picture would help
Could you open this instrument, take a high res pic and mail it to theremin(at)tfrenkel(dot)com?...

By thierry, Mar 20

Very well actually..
Its an absolute joy - I'll put up a post about it soon!

By Richard, Mar 18


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