Oct 31, 20 o ne day in 1973, sofia gubaidulina was attacked in the lift of her moscow apartment building. The composer thought grimly that this was the end and, if so, her. One of the most widely acclaimed composers to emerge from the soviet union in its final decades of existence, sofia gubaidulina born 1931 forged a unique musical language marked by such diverse elements as christian spirituality, musical symbolism, unique structures derived from fragmentation and repetition of simple material, and the use of folk instruments from the. Her father, asgat masgudovich gubaidulin, was an engineer and her mother, fedosiya fyodorovna nee yelkhova, was a teacher. Galina ustvolskaya, sofia gubaidulina, and the pursuit of spiritual. This issue of read more chamber music with double bass is in celebration of her 80th birthday. Sofia gubaidulina is considered one of the most important russian composers of. Since her emigration, in 1992, when her music entered the repertoire of the major european festivals, the quantity of musicological and popularising publications about the russian composer sofia gubaidulina has been quite impressive.
Pronunciation of sofia gubaidulina with 1 audio pronunciation and more for sofia gubaidulina. Gubaidulina was born in chistopol, tatar autonomous soviet socialist republic now the republic of tatarstan, russian sfsr, soviet union to an ethnically mixed family of a volga tatar father and an ethnic russian mother. She graduated from the kazan conservatory in 1954 having studied composition and piano. Sofia gubaidulina composer 1931 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. The concerto for bassoon and low strings by sofia gubaidulina. Sofia gubaidulina composer 1931 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. During her youth, gubaidulina studied music in the city of kazan, the capital of her home republic. Gubaidulina at 80 at the royal academy of music drinking profunndis out in love. Gubaidulinas 75th birthday, was launched in october 2006 at the opening ceremony of the gubaidulina festival in amsterdam, muziekgebouw aan t ij.
Bayan and accordion compositions of sofia gubaidulina. Sofia gubaidulina was born in chistopol in the tatar republic of the soviet union in 1931. Five childrens songs for voice and piano on poems by jan satunovsky lyricists. Gubaidulina was born in the tartar republic, ussr, in and has become one re the most important composers of the last two decades of the soviet union and the first decade of the russian republic. The composerperformer interrelationship in the bayan. One of the earliest is the brief and not really typical serenade for solo guitar from 1960, composed as a commission from a moscow publishing house for inclusion in a collection of guitar. Sofia gubaidulina, galina ustvolskaya, maya beiser, christopher oldfather, dorothy papadakos gubaidulina. Sofia gubaidulina has become a real audience favourite in the netherlands. An introduction to sofia gubaidulinas violin concerto offertorium, which we perform on wednesday 6 november as part of southbank centres. Offertorium gidon kremer, boston symphony orchestra, charles dutoit on allmusic 1989. Sofia gubaidulina, russian composer, whose works fuse russian and central asian regional styles with the western classical tradition. Sofia gubaidulina was born in chistopol in the tatar republic of the soviet union in october 24, 1931. The alltime greats read about the artists who changed the world of classical music.
Chaconne for solo piano in the context of her life and work. Sofia gubaidulina in croce but in the major work on the record, the halfhour seven wordsthe sentences spoken by jesus on the cross are graphically, even fervently implied. Aquaphon niklas eppinger, aleksandra ohar, diego garcia, yoonha choi, yoonjung hwang, taiyang zhang. Sofia gubaidulina, fibonacci series, lucas sequence. After instruction in piano and composition at the kazan conservatory, she studied composition with nikolai peiko at the moscow conservatory, pursuing.
Unlike a traditional analysis of the music manifested in the score, this approach concerns sonic and structural elements that are heard through the. Valeria tsenova magic numbers in the music of sofia gubaidulina abstract. The common instruments in these works are the cello and the bayan. These young composersamong them sofia gubaidulina, alfred schnittke, arvo part, and edison denisovcame of age in the years following stalins death in 1953. Seven words silenzio in croce seven words silenzio in croce sofia gubaidulina b. Sofia asgatovna gubaidulina, is a russian composer of half russian, half tatar ethnicity. Apr 22, 2020 an introduction to sofia gubaidulinas violin concerto offertorium, which we perform on wednesday 6 november as part of southbank centres. Shes not only regularly featured by ensembles such as askoschoenberg, but also by the royal concertgebouw orchestra and in the broadcasting series of radio4. Sofia gubaidulina is, together with schnittke and denisov, one of three major moscow composers of the postshostakovich era of halftartar, halfslav extraction music strikingly combines spiritual and dramatic, with daring and transparently original colours one of earliest soviet composers to show a deep interest in religious themes music can at one extreme be improvisatory such as. Apr 25, 2020 sofia gubaidulina in croce but in the major work on the record, the halfhour seven wordsthe sentences spoken by jesus on the cross are graphically, even fervently implied. Sofia gubaidulinas religious nature, specifically russian orthodox, finds expression in each of these pieces.
In the piece in croce for organ and cello the registers of two. Chapter two contains an overview of the solo piano works of gubaidulina. Categories inspired by linguistics and cognitive psychology. Gubaidulinas music is marked by the use of unusual instrumental. Even if it cannot be firmly established whether one composer actually influenced the other, it would have been interesting to compare these works in order to clarify the specific. Seven words silenzio in croce by sofia gubaidulina. In almost all her works socalled numerical plots can be detected. Find sofia gubaidulina composition information on allmusic.
Gobaydullina, russian born 24 october 1931 is a soviettatar composer. Sofia gubaidulina is credited as composer, polar music prize in 2002, hanssler record label. Croce by examining four notable recorded performances in relation to the scores and transcriptions. The first chapter provides a brief biography of sofia gubaidulina and an overview of her most important compositions. A pedagogical approach and performance guide to musical toys by. Later, she rearranged nine of these original compositions for double bass. This allsofia gubaidulina program combines the talents of grammywinning new music ensembles eighth blackbird and pacifica quartet in a special event commemorating the composers 80th birthday. It is this original edition which this listing describes. Fassung fassung steps for symphony orchestra and 7 reciters lyricists. Sofia gubaidulina s religious nature, specifically russian orthodox, finds expression in each of these pieces. Gubaidulina originally composed her ten preludes for violoncello.
Apr 22, 2019 sofia gubaidulinas religious nature, specifically russian orthodox, finds expression in each of these pieces. Eliot gidon kremer boston symphony orchestra charles. Sofia asgatovna gubaidulina is a tatarrussian composer. For example, gubaidulina s in croce was written in 1979, roughly at the same time as schnittkes second symphony, which employs a similar idea of a crosscrucifix. She had lessons at the kazan music academy from 1946 to 1949, and. Within the output of sofia gubaidulina, solo and chamber music occupies a position of prominence. Gubaidulina became a renowned composer through such works as in croce 1979, offertorium 1980, rejoice 1981, and seven last words 1982. Sofia gubaidulinas compositions are characterised by a special kind of symbolism and constructivism both based on numbers, i. In 1975 sofia gubaidulina, viktor suslin and vyacheslav artyomov founded a group called astreya whose aim was to achieve new forms of improvisation by using either ancient or folk instruments.
Sofia gubaidulina biography, birth date, birth place and. Fachwerk for bayan, percussion and string orchestra duration. Against this backdrop, the composer used for her third version of in croce not only the double bass but also the bayan which is a. Media in category sofia gubaidulina this category contains only the following file. Composer portraits sofia gubaidulina international contemporary ensemble christian knapp, conductor rebekah heller, solo bassoon saturday, february 9, 8. Pupil of shostakovich, contemporary of the likes of shchedrin, her music is ever rewarding of study. In croce, an album by sofia gubaidulina, daniele roccato, massimiliano pitocco, fabrizio ottaviucci on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Restraining their instruments to minimal sound production whilst maintaining an even tone was a challenge well met by the students, whose communication and comprehension was captivating. Sofia asgatovna gubaidulina was born on october 24, 1931, in chistopol, in the tatar republic. Against this backdrop, the composer used for her third version of in croce not only the double bass but also the bayan which is a sort of button.
For example, gubaidulinas in croce was written in 1979, roughly at the same time as schnittkes second symphony, which employs a similar idea of a crosscrucifix. Telesto enjoys working closely with composers and has found particularly inspiring the contact with ms. Sofia gubaidulina, julius berger, viktor suslin, stefan. The double bass is in the focus of the four compositions by sofia gubaidulina. Gubaidulina was born in chistopol, in the tatar republic. After instruction in piano and composition at the kazan conservatory, she studied composition with nikolai peiko at the moscow conservatory, pursuing graduate studies there under vissarion shebalin. This disc contains three works by russiantatar composer sofia gubaidulina, an artist of deep religious sentiment as is apparent in these titles. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. The avrotros vrijdagconcert presented the dutch premieres of glorious percussion in 2011 and o komm, heiliger geist in 2016.
Gubaidulina leaves the twelvetone technique behind and has always. John passion for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, two mixed choirs, organ and large orchestra lyricists. In croce 10 preludes quaternion by alexander ivashkin on amazon music. Fifteen pieces for mezzosoprano, percussion and double bass lyricists. Sofia gubaidulina music, videos, stats, and photos. Sofia gubaidulina offertorium violinkonzert violin concerto hommage a t.
She studied composition and piano at the kazan conservatory, graduating in 1954. Michael kurtz wrote his biography of sofia gubaidulina in german in 2001, ending with the premiere of the johannespassion. Though many of sofia gubaidulinas works have a religious dimension, in croce does not, despite its title. Letter to the poetess rimma dalos for soprano and violoncello lyricists. Trio for violin, viola, and cello 1989 sofia gubaidulina b. Seu pai, asgat masgudovich gubaidulin, foi um engenheiro e sua mae, fedosiya fyodorovna nee yelkhova, foi uma professora. Pdf since the early 1980s sofia gubaidulina has received numerous.
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