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Sofia Gubaidulina
Born: 24th October 1931, Chistopol, Russia
Died: 13th March 2025
Nationality: Russian
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her output has been described as exploring the tensions between Western and Eastern music, and has been characterised by "innovative use of microtonality and chromaticism, rhythm over form and use of contrasting tonalities.
Her compositions have been praised for their "emotional intensity", while she described her music as bringing legato, that is, a sense of "connected flow into the fragmented staccato of life." Alongside Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt and Edison Denisov, Gubaidulina was considered one of the foremost composers of the former Soviet Union who were disfavoured by the authorities including the KGB, but whose work became frequently commissioned and performed by major international orchestras, with her first major breakthrough being her violin concerto Offertorium (1980).
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Sofia Gubaidulina 1931-2025
13th Mar 2025
The German-resident, Russian-born composer, who combined a profound Orthodox faith with an unrelenting musical modernism, has died aged 93.
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Popular Works: Gubaidulina
- Allegro Rustico (7)
- Bassoon Concerto (4)
- Chaconne (17)
- Concordanza (4)
- Daumelinchen (2)
- De Profundis (10)
- Der Seiltänzer (Dancer on a Tightrope) (4)
- Duo-Sonata for two baritone saxophones (2)
- Et Exspecto - sonata for classical accordion solo (6)
- Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeiten (3)
- Hommage à T.S. Eliot (4)
- In croce (16)
- In Erwartung (5)
- In Tempus Praesens (3)
- Introitus - Concerto for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (4)
- Invention (3)
- Light and Dark (3)
- Light and Darkness (Hell und Dunkel) (5)
- Musical Toys (9)
- Offertorium - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (5)
- Piano Sonata (5)
- Preludes (10) for solo cello (5)
- Pro et Contra (3)
- Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H (3)
- Rejoice! (Freue dich) -Sonata for Violin and Cello (4)
- Repentance, for cello, bass and guitars (3)
- Serenade (10)
- Sieben Worte for cello, bayan and strings (6)
- Silenzio - Five Pieces for bayan (accordion), violin and cello (11)
- Song without Words, for trumpet & piano (2)
- Sounds of the Forest (1978) (2)
- St. John Easter (2)
- St. John Passion (3)
- String Quartet No. 1 (4)
- String Quartet No. 2 (7)
- String Quartet No. 3 (5)
- String Quartet No.4 (6)
- String Trio (3)
- The Canticle of the Sun (6)
- Toccata-Troncata (3)
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