Alla Penkina

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 25 October 2009

Born

18 January 1960 in Pavlovo in the Nizhegorodsky region.

Education

Alla studied piano at the music school of Pavlovo. In 1975 she entered the music institute of Dzerzhinsk, where she graduated in 1980. She studied at the faculty of music theory. From 1984 until 1989 she studied composition at the Conservatory of Ashhabad at the faculty of composition under professor R. Allayarov. In 1995 she postgraduated on composition under R. Allayarov.

Alla Penkina is a member of the Russian Union of composers, member of the jury of the concurs “Young composer” and member of the organizing committee of International festival of contemporary music "Pictures from an Exhibition".

Works

Jazz instrumental pieces (1988-1989)
Duration: 15 min.
Three Romances for soprano and piano on lyrics by A. Omarova (1988)

Concerto for piano and symphonic orchestra (1989)

Duration: 25 min.
Music for the film "Change" (1990)
Turkmenistan; produced by M. Aliev.
"Monologue" for a symphonic orchestra (1992)
Duration: 15 min.
"Shadows" for chamber orchestra (1994)
Duration: 13 min.
Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra (1995)
Duration: 30 min.
Ten piano pieces for children (1996)
Duration: 12 min.
Three Songs for children on lyrics by G. Kruzhkov (1996)

"Four poems of Friedrich Nietsche" for bass, piano and cello (1997)

Duration: 14 min.
Sonata for viola and piano (1997)
Duration: 20 min.
Trio in Memory of Schnittke for cello, piano and accordeon (1998)
Duration: 15 min.
"Experience", romance by Pushkin for soprano and piano (1999)
Duration: 5 min.
"I am your voice...", vocal cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano (1999)
To poems by A. Achmatova.
Duration: 13 min.
"Mirrors", vocal cycle for bass, piano, double-bass, boy-soprano and bells (2000)
To poems by Russian poets A. Belly, V. Baltruhaitis and K. Balmont.
Duration: 18 min.
Two preludes for cello and vibraphone (2000)
Duration: 10 min.
"Recitative, Aria, Dance" for guitar solo (2001)
Duration: 10 min.
"Melancholy Music" for viola, bassoon, horn and timpani (2001)
Duration: 12 min.
"Reflexive" for accordion and piano (2002)
After the picture of s. Dali.
Duration: 15 min.
Three pieces for the violin and guitar (2003)
Duration: 10 min.
"Two faces" for string orchestra (2003)
Duration: 7 min.
"Visions" for cello, two trumpets, two trombones, bells and timpani (2004)
After poems by F. Kafka.
Duration: 20 min.
Arrangements for orchestra (2005)

Easy Flute Pieces for Children (2006)

Duration: 10 min.
Fantasy for guitar solo (2008)
Duration: 9 min.
"Helike" for guitar solo (2008)
Duration: 14 min.
Siciliana for guitar solo (2009)
Duration: 7 min.
String Quartet (2009)
Duration: 20 min.
"As A Graffiti" for piano (2009)
Duration: 14 min.
Symphonic Poem "Breve Festum Vita Hominis ..." for chorus and orchestra (2009)
After a 14th century anonymous.
Duration: 17 min.

For more information please check Alla Penkina's website.

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