Gidon Kremer, Tatjana Grindenko, Alfred Schnittke, - Tabula Rasa: I. Ludus (Live from Bonn, 1977)

AKSYONOV Semyon Nikolaevich [1784, according to other sources, 1790-30 V (11 VI) 1853, p. Loshaki, now Dankovsky district, Lipetsk region. ] - Rus. guitarist, composer and teacher. From 1801 he served as a minor official in Moscow, at the same time he studied playing the 7-string guitar with A. O. Sikhra, who considered him one of his best students. In 1810 he moved to Petersburg, where he served in the village. departments. It was close to Petersburg. lit. circles, since 1818 was a member of the St. Petersburg. Free society of lovers of Russian literature. He published the "Music magazine for a seven-string guitar. " A brilliant virtuoso, A. created his own individual style of playing the 7-string guitar, which was distinguished by its expressiveness.