Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin

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Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin (born April 9, 1968 in Moscow ) is an Austrian composer and pianist of Russian-Bulgarian origin.

Life

After early piano and theory lessons - mother and father are graduates of the Moscow Conservatory - Alexandra Karastoyanova began piano training in 1983 with Sergei Solodownik at the "Ippolitow-Ivanov" music college in Moscow . After moving to Bulgaria, she attended the piano class of Dimitar Tsanev at the National Music School "Ljubomir Pipkov" in Sofia. Between 1988 and 1993 she studied piano with Dimo ​​Dimow and Boyan Vodenitcharov and composition at the National Music Academy “Prof. Pantscho Wladigerow ” in Sofia , from 1994 composition with Boguslaw Schaeffer and piano with Alfons Kontarsky at the Salzburg Mozarteum . She attended piano master classes with Karl-Ulrich Schnabel, Marcello Abbado, Oxana Yablonskaya, and worked with Alexei Ljubimov.

Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin lives in Vienna .

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Performances

"... an opulent sound enjoyment" - this is how the " Süddeutsche Zeitung " said about the composer who received the 2013 " Outstanding Artist Award (Austria) - Music 2013" from the Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture for her composition "Elimo", a contract from the Salzburg Aspect Festival and Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

In 2019 Karastoyanova-Hermentin's new orchestral work "TARSIS" was nominated for the composition competition "Rychenberg Competition" and recorded by the Musikkollegium Winterthur under Pierre-Alain Monot.

The American violinist David Bowlin was the soloist in her violin concerto "Mahagony", which premiered at New York's Carnegie Hall . She worked on the creation of this work during her stay (2006) as an Aaron Copland scholarship holder in the artist residence MacDowell Colony (USA).

For the Mozart Year 2006 she composed the orchestral work “ Approach ” on behalf of the Salzburg state government , which was part of the “VIVA! Mozart Exhibition” in the Salzburg Museum (2006–2007) , which was successful with 219,000 visitors, and then in the Fine Art Museum of the Sejong Center in Seoul was presented. Johannes Kalitzke conducted the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra at the premiere.

Her works have been performed by orchestras and ensembles such as the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra, Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra, Zaporozhye Academic Symphony Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, Austrian Ensemble for New Music Salzburg, Wiener Collage, PHACE, Zeitfluss, Ergon Ensemble, TENM, Ensemble the Series, Da Capo Chamber Players listed. The interpreters of her music include David Bowlin, Alexander Janiczek, Katinka Kleijn, Hayk Melikyan, Jonathan Vinocour, Johannes Kalitzke, Oswald Sallaberger, David Fulmer, René Staar , Artem Nyzhnyk, Peter Sigl, Frank Stadler, Dina Pysarenko, Per Rundberg, Ekaterina Nokkert.

Her works have been performed in Vienna ( Wiener Musikverein , Konzerthaus , Schönberg Center, Radiokulturhaus), New York City ( Carnegie Hall , Austrian Cultural Forum , Merkin Concert Hall), Chicago (Chamber Series at the Art Institute of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , Chicago) Cultural Center), Salzburg (Great Hall Mozarteum, University Hall), Rome ( Villa Massimo ), Brussels (Flagey), Tórshavn (Nordic House), Athene (Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall), Donezk (State Opera), Manaus (Palácio da Justiça ), Cologne (Klaus-von-Bismarck Saal), Ottawa (Parliament of Canada, Canada's National Museum of History and Society), Sofia (Bulgarian Concert Hall) and in festivals: Aspects Salzburg, Klangspuren / Schwaz, Kiew Musik Fest, ppIANISSIMO Sofia, International Review of Composers Belgrade, Quad Cities / Davenport, Summartónar / Faroe Islands, Sound ways / St. Petersburg. Performances and workshops about her music took place in the music universities - Danube University Krems, Mozarteum Salzburg, Anton Bruckner Private University, Music University Vienna, Music and Art Private University Vienna, Schnittke Moscow State Institute of Music, Sibelius Academy, Columbia College Chicago, Kent State University, Hochschule for the Musical Arts Bratislava, Franz Liszt Music Academy Budapest.

As a pianist, she has given concerts in the classical field as well as in premieres and performances of new music, among others. a. as a soloist with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, at the festivals Aspects Salzburg, Hörgangs Wien (Konzerthaus), Sofia Summer, StArt Festival Salzburg, Skopsko leto.

assignments

Karastoyanova-Hermentin received composition commissions a. a. by: WDR , Österreichischer Rundfunk, Wiener Konzerthaus, Aspects Salzburg, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation , Ensemble PHACE, Salzburg State Government, International HAMS Competition, StArt Festival Salzburg, ensemble xx. century, Theodor-Körner Foundation

Prizes and awards

Discography

  • "Bird as Prophet" with David Bowlin (violin), works by Mario Davidovsky, Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Martin Bresnick, George Walker, Du Yun (New Focus Recordings, New York 2019)
  • ORF Edition Zeitton 2012 - Portrait CD " Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin ", booklet text: Gerhard Gensch, pictures: Christoph Kiefhaber
  • " 102 Masterpieces ", Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Peter Matzka (V-ne), Gottfried Rabl (cond.) (Capriccio)
  • " World premiere ", u. a. with Karastoyanova-Hermentin's "Piano Concerto", Per Rundberg (piano), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, and Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • " HAMS Competition Winner for Viola ": Jonathan Vinocour (viola), Peter Henderson (piano), works by B. Britten, A. Karastoyanova-Hermentin, and D. Shostakowitsch
  • " Black & white statements ": with "Lintarys" for piano, Seda Röder (Gramola)

Works

Orchestral works (selection)

  • Piano Concerto (2000): UA 2000 Salzburg, Per Rundberg (piano), Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • Approach (2005) for 14 instrumentalists: UA 2005 University Hall Salzburg, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • Mahagony (2006–2007) for violin and string orchestra: Premiere 2007 Carnegie Hall New York, David Bowlin (V-ne), Bulgarian Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Stefan Linev (cond.)
  • Concert for accordion and orchestra (2013): Premiere 2013 Donetsk State Opera Theater, Artem Nyzhnyk (Bajan), Zaporozhye Academic Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Redya (cond.)

Ensemble works (selection)

  • Septet (1999) for clarinet, piano and string quintet, WP Feldkirchen, Bruno Strobl (cond.)
  • Nonett (2000), commission from ORF: UA 2000 Radiokulturhaus Wien, Austrian Ensemble for New Music, Wolfgang Danzmayr (Dir).
  • Galechri (2007) for 9 instruments, commissioned by WDR: UA 2007 Klaus-von-Bismark Saal Cologne, Austrian ensemble for new music, Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • Sindies (2011): WP 2011 Vienna, ensemble xx century, Peter Burwik (cond.)
  • Elimo (2012) for 7 instruments, commissioned by aspects Salzburg: World premiere 2012 Salzburg, Austrian ensemble for new music, Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • Octet (2014): WP 2014 Salzburg, ICE - International Contemporary Ensemble, Oswald Sallaberger (cond.)
  • Преболява (2016) for soprano and ensemble, UA 2016 Schönberg Center Vienna, Ensemble Wiener Collage, René Staar (cond.)
  • Letrei (2017), commissioned by Ensemble PHACE & Wiener Konzerthaus: WP 2017 Wiener Konzerthaus, Simeon Pironkof (Dir)
  • Polynj (2019), version for violoncello solo and 4 instruments: WP Wiener Collage

Chamber music (selection)

  • Remarks for two pianos (1998)
  • Fresques II (1997) for violoncello and piano
  • Kastena (2003) for violin and violoncello
  • Purple Membrane (2006), version I: viola and piano, compulsory piece of the International HAMS Competition Chicago; II. Version: clarinet, marimba, viola and violoncello: Premiere 2007 New York, ICE - International Contemporary Ensemble
  • Grüne Nostalgie (2006) for clarinet, bandoneon, piano, violin and double bass, commissioned by Theodor-Körner-Fonds: UA 2006 award ceremony, University Hall Vienna
  • Mari Mamo (2009), trio for flute, violin, percussion
  • La Follia (2010) for violin, violoncello and piano
  • Larghetto (2016) for violin and piano
  • Polynj (2018) for violoncello and piano

Vocal works

  • In Such Nachten (2015) for female voice and piano

Solo works (selection)

  • Fresques IV (1998) for piano
  • Fresques VI (1999) for piano
  • Cadenzas to the piano concerto by WA Mozart in C minor KV 491 (2000): UA 2000 Salzburg, Alexandra Karastoyanova-Hermentin (Klv.), Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Johannes Kalitzke (cond.)
  • Fragil (2003) for piano
  • Passion (2011) for clarinet
  • Lintarys (2012) for piano, compulsory piece of the 5th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition
  • Etude No. 1 (2013) for piano
  • Etude No. 2 (2013) for piano
  • Saaró (2014) for piano
  • Ison (2015) for violin
  • Lacrimosa (2017) for piano
  • Homage to Scarlatti (2018) for piano
  • Scarlatti Aria (2018) for piano

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation - Funding Projects 2012 ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Outstanding Artist Award for Music
  3. ↑ https://www.wien.gv.at/kultur/abteilung/ehrungen/preise/preistraeger.html
  4. ^ Theodor Körner Prize, 2000–2009
  5. ^ Annual cultural grants 2002

List of Austrian composers of classical music

personal data
SURNAME Karastoyanova-Hermentin, Alexandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian composer and pianist of Russian-Bulgarian origin
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow