Svitlana Azarova

Svitlana Azarova

Svitlana Azarova (Ukrainian: Світлана Азарова, born 9 January, 1976) is a Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music, originally from the Ukrainian SSR.

Early years

Svitlana Azarova was born on 9 January 1976, in Izmail, then in the Ukrainian SSR, now in Ukraine.

After having graduated in music from Odessa Pedagogical Institute as in 1996, Azarova entered Odessa State A.V. Nezhdanova Conservatoire, where she studied musical composition, first under the Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Krasotov, and later (until 2000) under the Ukrainian author and composer Karmella Tsepkolenko.

In 2003 Azarova participated for six months in the Gaude Polonia [pl] scholarship program, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, under Marcin Blazewicz. Later that year, the Dresden Centre of Music (DZzM) [de] invited Azarova to participate in the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik [de]. This project met again at the 8th Musica Viva in Munich in 2007.

In 2005 With a grant of the society KulturKontakt Austria she elected to participate in the 9th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Avantgarde Tirol with Professor Boguslaw Schaeffer and Dr. Richard Boulanger (Seefeld, Tirol, Austria). After this academy, she took up permanent residency of The Hague and in 2006 began post-graduate studies at conservatoire in Amsterdam under Theo Loevendie where she graduated Master of Music in December 2007

Composer Residencies:

Career

The music of Svitlana Azarova is performed by ensembles and orchestras internationally. This includes

Compositions

  • 2019
    • Hoc Vinces! for large orchestra
  • 2015-2016
  • 2014
    • Hundred thirty one Angstrom symphony for large orchestra
  • 2013
    • Concerto Grosso for violin, viola solo and string orchestra
  • 2011
  • 2010
    • Pure thoughts transfixed symphony for large orchestra
  • 2008
    • Beyond Context for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Polish Institute in Kyiv
    • From this kind... for choir, brass and percussion on words by Oksana Zabuzhko
  • 2007
    • 300 steps above for carillon
    • Trojaborg for solo clarinet
    • Epices for soprano, bass clarinet, trompet, perc., piano, violin
    • Un cortado para Michel for baroque flute (traverso) and soundtrack
    • Onderdrukte Haast (Suppressed Haste) for Brass Quintet
    • On Tuesdays for ensemble with words by Daniil Harms. World premièred by Nieuw Ensemble
  • 2006
    • Sounds from the Yellow Planet for ensemble and recordings of throat singing by Khoomei virtuoso Nikolay Oorzhak
    • Model Citizens for violoncello and piano, commissioned by Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth
    • Valentina's Blues for piano, commissioned by Marcel Worms and published on his CD Red, White and Blues, 32 New Dutch Blues (Attacca Records #27103)
  • 2005
    • Hotel Charlotte for string quartet
    • Dive for violin and piano
    • The Violinist's morning espresso for violin
  • 2004
    • Outvoice, outstep and outwalk for bass clarinet
    • Asiope for ensemble
  • 2003
    • Go-as-you-please for ensemble
    • Symphonic Lana Sweet for large symphony orchestra
    • Slavic Gods for flute, clarinet, accordion and cello
    • West - East for ensemble
    • Don't go: not now for flute, oboe and bassoon
    • Feet on Fire for 2 percussion
    • Funk Island for corno bassetto and piano
  • 2002
    • In the Icy Loneliness for 2 cellos
    • Axis of Every Karuss... for clarinet, piano and cello
  • 2001
    • As for the Clot it is Slowly... for solo tuba
  • 2000
    • The Dance of Birds for string orchestra
    • Chronometer for piano
  • 1999
    • Symphonic Poem for large symphony orchestra
    • Diagram for 5 cellos
    • Punished by Love vocal cycle on verses by Ludmyla Olijnyk (in Russian) for soprano and piano
    • Sonata-Diptych for clarinet and piano

Sources


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