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Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born 24 October 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer.
Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Republic. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In Moscow she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
During her studies in Soviet Russia, her music was labeled “irresponsible” for its exploration of alternate tunings. She was supported, however, by Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her “mistaken path”.
In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through Gidon Kremer’s championing of her violin concerto Offertorium. She later composed a homage to T. S. Eliot, using the text from the poet’s spiritual masterpiece Four Quartets.
In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, and Wolfgang Rihm, was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her contribution was the Johannes-Passion. In 2002 she followed this by the Johannes-Ostern (“Easter according to John”), commissioned by Hannover Rundfunk. The two works together form a “diptych” on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Republic. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In Moscow she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.
During her studies in Soviet Russia, her music was labeled “irresponsible” for its exploration of alternate tunings. She was supported, however, by Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her “mistaken path”.
In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.
In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through Gidon Kremer’s championing of her violin concerto Offertorium. She later composed a homage to T. S. Eliot, using the text from the poet’s spiritual masterpiece Four Quartets.
In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, and Wolfgang Rihm, was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her contribution was the Johannes-Passion. In 2002 she followed this by the Johannes-Ostern (“Easter according to John”), commissioned by Hannover Rundfunk. The two works together form a “diptych” on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.
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mattimeus wrote:
"Finally a female contemporary composer!" : I
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Schlafcraft wrote:
correct name София Асгатовна Губайдулина. уважайте русских композиторов :) [5]
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bschw wrote:
<3
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kobushi_ wrote:
she looks like my grandma
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Socax wrote:
The new Fachwerk recording is very good
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baslisten2rock wrote:
Finally a female contemporary composer! Great music!
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Scriabinist wrote:
80 years!! A very happy birthday to my favorite living composer!
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pornogothic wrote:
happy 80th birthday!
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dimnite wrote:
Казанская консерватория тащит, пацаны! [2][3]
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Lanny_Barbi wrote:
Казанская консерватория тащит, пацаны! \m/
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NINlife wrote:
seven words, holy fuck
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Scriabinist wrote:
BASSOON CONCERTO IS A MONSTER!!
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Socax wrote:
oh sofia
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rod32lop wrote:
i like that.;
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rod32lop wrote:
I'm sorry if I let you down, it was accidental. Please, do not get bruised. I regret much of what he said.
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tarlo88 wrote:
I love, LOVE LOVE her music! Thanks so much!
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noisebus wrote:
correct name Жбобырон Курдыс Таксыев. Имейте уважение иметь уважение
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Goo_ wrote:
I want her to be my grandmother
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chimpoo wrote:
i'll tag MY music however I want. faggot. [2]
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theacerbusmk2 wrote:
i surely do respect originally written names of russian composers, but when i tag them that way, i get weird-shaped symbols instead of cyrillic letters or just a long line of question marks (and for example, when it comes to japanese letters, i'm getting just a few squares...). anybody can point me at the right direction? until then, i'm condemned to tag them in latin... OS: win xp sp3, player: fb2k. thanks.
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