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Special Offer (October 2011) Sofia Gubaidulina - 80th birthday on October 24, 2011:Sofia Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol in the Tatar Republic on 24 October 1931. She studied the piano (with Grigory Kogan) and composition, and graduated from the Kazan Conservatory in 1954. Until 1959 she studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Peiko, Shostakovich’s assistant, and then did postgraduate work under Vissarion Shebalin. She has been active as a composer since 1963. In 1975, together with Viktor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov, she founded the ‘Astreya’ Ensemble, which specialized in improvising on rare Russian, Caucasian, Central Asian and East Asian folk and ritual instruments. Since the early 1980s, and especially as a result of the support and encouragement given to her by Gidon Kremer, her works have been performed widely in western countries. With Schnittke, Denisov and Silvestrov, she is now seen to be one of the leading representatives of the New Music in the former Soviet Union. This is reflected in numerous commissions from the BBC, the Berlin Festival, the Library of Congress, NHK, The New York Philharmonic and other institutions, and in the availability of a large number of CDs. Sofia Gubaidulina is a member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, of the Freie Akademie der Künste in Hamburg, of the Royal Music Academy in Stockholm and of the German order “Pour le mérite”. In 1992 Gubaidulina moved to Germany, and now lives near Hamburg. She has received numerous awards and prizes. These include the Rome International Composer’s Competition (1974), the Prix de Monaco (1987), the Koussevitzky International Record Award (1989 and 1994) for the CD recording of her violin concerto ‘Offertorium’ (DG-47336-2), and her symphony ‘Stimmen ... verstummen ...’ (Chandos-9183), the Premio Franco Abbiato (1991), the Heidelberger Künstlerinnenpreis (1991) and the Russian State Prize (1992). Her recent awards include the Ludwig Spohr Prize of the City of Brunswick (1995), the Japanese Praemium Imperiale (Tokyo, 1998), the Prize of the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation in Copenhagen (1999), the Stockholm Concert Hall Foundation’s Honorary Medal in Gold (2000), the Goethe Medal of the City of Weimar (2001), the Polar Music Prize (2002), The Great Distinguished Service Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2002) as well as the Living Composer Prize in the Cannes Classical Awards 2003. Although Sofia Gubaidulina’s education and background are Russian, it is important to bear in mind the significance of her Tatar origins. However, she is not a Romantic nationalist. Her compositional mastery enables her to make use of contemporary techniques evolved by the European and American avant-garde, though in a wholly individual manner. Furthermore, oriental philosophies have had an influence on certain aspects of her music. A striking feature of Gubaidulina’s work is the almost total absence of ‘absolute’ music. The vast majority of her pieces have an extra-musical dimension, e.g. a poem, either set to music or hidden between the lines, a ritual, or some kind of instrumental ‘action’. Some of her compositions demonstrate her preoccupation with mystical ideas and Christian symbolism. She has wide-ranging literary interests, and has set to music poems by ancient Egyptian and Persian writers and contemporary lyric poetry by Marina Tsvetayeva, for whom she feels a deep spiritual affinity. HARRASSOWITZ has compiled the following list of of important works by by Sofia Gubaidulina, published by Sikorski (Hamburg). This list contains both printed editions and authorized photocopies (marked as "POD"). For further works by Sofia Gubaidulina please initiate a search in our database OttoEditions. Vocal MusicGarten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten. For flute, viola, harp and speaker (ad lib.). 3 playing scores. Hommage a Marina Zwetajewa. For mixed choir a cappella. Score (POD). Hommage a T.S. Eliot. For soprano and octet. Score. Hour of the soul. Music for solo percussion, orchestra and mezzo-soprano. Score. St. John passion. For solo voices, two mixed choirs, organ and orchestra. Score (POD). The canticle of the sun. For solo violoncello, chamber choir and percussion. Score (POD). Orchestral MusicConcerto for bassoon and low strings. Score. Das Gastmahl während der Pest. For large orchestra. Score (POD). Die Leier des Orpheus. For violin, percussion and string orchestra. Score (POD). Fachwerk. For bayan, percussion and string orchestra. Score. Glorious percussion. Concerto for percussion ensemble and orchestra. Score (POD). In tempus praesens. Concerto for violin and orchestra. Study score. In tempus praesens. Concerto for violin and orchestra. Edition for violin and piano. Offertorium. Concerto for violin and orchestra. Score. Revue music. For symphony orchestra and jazz band. Score. Seven words. For violoncello, bayan and string orchestra. Study score. The deceitful face of hope and of despair. Concerto for flute and large orchestra. Score (POD). The rider on the white horse. For large orchestra and organ. Score. Two paths. Concerto for two violas and orchestra. Score. Under the sign of scorpio. Variations on six hexachords for bayan and large orchestra. Score (POD). Chamber MusicAllegro rustico ; Klänge des Waldes. For flute and piano. Score and part. Descensio. For three trombones, three percussionists, celesta, piano, harp and harpsichord. Score. Detto I. Sonata for organ and percussion. Score & part. Freue dich! Sonata for violin and violoncello Playing score. Quartet for 4 flutes. 4 playing scores. Quasi Hoquetus. For viola, bassoon and piano. Score and parts. Quaternion. For 4 violoncellos. Score and parts. Ravvedimento. For violoncello and guitar quartet. Score (POD). Ravvedimento. For violoncello and guitar quartet. Parts (POD). Silenzio. Five pieces for bayan, violin and violoncello. Score and parts. Sonata ; Pantomime. For double bass and piano. Score and part. String quartet no. 1. Score (POD). String quartet no. 1. Parts (POD). String quartet no. 2. Score and parts. String quartet no. 3. Study score. String quartet no. 3. Parts. String quartet no. 4. Score and parts. String trio. Score and parts. Please order through your normal library channels, or contact service@harrassowitz.de for more information. If ordering outside of OttoEditions, please include the HARR ID to expedite your order.
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