Dmitri Yanov-Yanovski

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Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky (born April 24, 1963 in Tashkent ) is an Uzbek composer.

Life

Yanov-Yanovsky studied composition and instrumentation with his father Felix Yanov-Yanovsky at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent until 1986 . For his Lacrymosa , premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and the Arditti Quartet , he received a special mention at the 1991 International Composition Competition for Sacred Music in Friborg. The following year he attended master classes with Poul Ruders and Edisson Denissow in Denmark. For presentiment for ensemble and tape he received the ALEA III International Prize in Boston and the Prix ​​Spécial de Nantes for the film music for Kammie at the Festival International du Film de Cannes . In 1993 he attended the IRCAM summer course in Paris.

1993-94 he worked as a chang player in performances and the recording of his Chang Music V by the Kronos Quartet . In 1996 he founded the Ilkhom XX Festival in Tashkent, of which he was artistic director until 2006. In 1999 there were two portrait concerts for him in Rome and Turin, and in 2003 two more in Brussels and Mons. Between 2002 and 2004 he was composer in residence with the Belgian ensemble Musiques Nouvelles . In 2006 he took part in the Professional Training Workshops for Young Musicians at Carnegie Hall . From 2008-09 he was artist in residence at Harvard University .

In addition to stage and orchestral works, chamber music, vocal works and solo pieces, Yanov-Yanovsky composed 50 film scores and 25 plays.

Works

  • Bagatelles for piano, 1982
  • Concerto for violin and small orchestra, 1983
  • String Quartet , 1985
  • Coda for Gijak and Chang, 1986
  • Autumn rain in the darkness ... Text by Matsuo Bashō , for soprano and small orchestra, 1987
  • Cadenza for piano, 1988
  • Epilogue for piano and string quartet, 1989
  • Thread (based on texts by Omar Chayyām ) for voice, dancer, flute, gijak , tanbur , cello, piano and two percussionists, 1989
  • Chang Music I for Chang, 1990
  • Chang Music II for two pianos, 1990
  • Chang Music III for violin, viola and cello, 1991
  • Fragments of Bird Life for treble recorder, 1991
  • Lacrymosa for soprano and string quartet 1991
  • Sounding Darkness for flute, oboe, viola, cello and glass harmonica, 1992
  • Haiku for Gert Sørensen for percussion, 1992
  • Presentiment for small orchestra and tape, 1992
  • Chamber Music for small orchestra, 1993
  • Sotto Voce , 1993
  • Awakening for string quartet and tape, 1993
  • Chang Music IV for string quartet, 1993
  • Chang Music V for Chang and string quartet, 1993–94
  • Ritual , 1994
  • Conjunctions for string quartet, orchestra and tape, 1995
  • Takyr - Scorched Earth for six percussionists and string orchestra, 1995
  • Come and Go (stage étude no.1, text by Samuel Beckett ) for three female voices, flute, guitar, cello and piano, 1995
  • Hommage à Gustav Mahler (text by Friedrich Rückert) for soprano and string quartet, 1996
  • Wiegelied for Heidelberg , Vocalise for soprano, flute, guitar, violin and percussion, 1996
  • Moon Songs (text by Federico García Lorca ), for soprano and two pianos, 1996
  • Facets for organ, 1996
  • The Little Match-Girl , children's ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen , 1996–97
  • Lux æterna for violin and small orchestra, 1997
  • Predestination for harpsichord and small orchestra, 1997
  • Ad amorem for mixed choir, two trumpets, trombone and tuba, 1997
  • Breath (stage étude no.2, text by Samuel Beckett) for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion, 1999
  • Music of Dreams for Chang, harpsichord and tape, 1999
  • '...' (text by Alexander Puschkin ) for countertenor, violin, viola, cello and tape, 1999
  • After reading (text by Stefan George ), for soprano, violin, cello and piano, 1999
  • Night Music: Voice in the leaves for cello, instrumental ensemble and tape, 2000
  • Allusions and Reminiscences for piano, 2000
  • Elf and Mirror for organ, 2000
  • Silhouettes for piano, 2001
  • Seven Miniatures for flute, 2001
  • Eh Joe (chamber opera based on Samuel Beckett) for mezzo-soprano and actor, 2001
  • Message for string orchestra, 2001
  • Twilight Music for flute. Oboe, clarinet, harp, guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano and percussion, 2002
  • Hearing Solution for cello and instrumental ensemble, 2002
  • Three songs based on texts by Friedrich Rückert for mixed choir, 2002
  • Six Lost Chopin Waltzes for piano four hands, 2002
  • Postscript for four percussionists, 2003
  • Notturno for small orchestra and tape, 2003
  • Limericks (text by Edward Lear ) for baritone and small orchestra, 2003

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personal data
SURNAME Yanov-Yanovski, Dmitri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitri; Janov-Janovski, Dmitrij
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uzbek composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Tashkent , Soviet Union