Karmella Tsepkolenko

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 23 December 2006

Born

20 February 1955 in Odessa (Ukraine).

Education

From 1962 until 1973 she got her music education at Odessa Prof. P. Stoliarsky special music school as a pianist with H. Buchyns'kyj and O. Pannikova and as a composer with Prof. A. Kogan. From 1973 until 1979 at Odessa State A. Nezhdanova Conservatory as a composer under Prof. O. Krasotov and as a pianist under Prof. L. Ginzburg. Her studying continued at Moscow Pedagogical Institute under Prof. G.Tsypin (1986-1989, PhD in pedagogy in 1990) and at composers' master-courses in Germany (Darmstadt, 1992 and 1994; Bayreuth, 1993).

Works

"Bad Weather (Nepogoda)", cycle of romances on verses by A. Nizhegorodceva for mezzo-soprano and piano (1978)
In Russian. I: "Ne spokojnej stala…" - No more quiet...
II: "A ty glazam moim ne verish' " - And you don't trust my eyes
III: "Pesnja" - Song
IV: "Obeshchal i bral slova obratno" - He promised and took his words back.
Duration: 10`.
First performance: April 1979 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Symphony No. 1 "Symphonic Poem" for symphony orchestra (1979)
Duration: 12'.
First performance: June 1979 in Odessa, Ukraine.
Divertissement for violin ensemble in three parts (1980)
Duration: 5`.
Sonata for piano (1980)
Duration: 20'.
First performance: May 1981 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Mechanical Songs" for 2 pianos (1981)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: September 1985 in Lviv, Ukraine
Symphony No. 2 "Symphonic Diptych" for symphony orchestra (1981)
Duration: 8'.
First performance: September 1985 in Lviv, Ukraine.
"Children Pieces" for two pianos (1981)
I. Offence
II. Skipping-ropes
Duration: 4`.
First performance: April 1982 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Glorification of the Four Elements" for string quartet (1982)
Duration: 14'.
First performance: May 1988 in Warshawa, Poland.
"Nine Reflections on Two Worlds", chamber symphony on verses by Vladimir Razhnikov in Russian for alto and chamber orchestra (1982)
Duration: 31`.
"History of the Flute-Puritan" for flute, oboe, cembalo, violin and cello (1983)
Duration: 17'.
First performance: September 1983 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Expectation of Changes", vocal cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano (1984)
On verses by Vladimir Razhnikov (in Russian).
Duration: 10`.
First performance: May 1985 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Meetings with the Memory", cycle for piano (1985)
Duration: 12'.
First performance: May 1986 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Theatre Sonata" for clarinet and piano (1986)
Duration: 16'.
First performance: March 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Trio for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1986)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: February 1987 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
"Viy" after Nikolai Gogol for brass quintet (1987)
Duration: 8'.
First performance: November 1988 in St.-Petersburg, Russia.
"Landscape with Oboe" for oboe and piano (1987)
Duration: 12'.
First performance: February 1988 in Moscow, Russia.
"Grief about a Skomorokh", cantata for mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, cembalo, violin and cello (1987)
on verses by Vladimir Razhnikov (in Russian).
Duration: 12'.
First performance: April 1988 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
"Concerto-Drama" for piano and great orchestra (1987)
Duration: 35`.
First performance: May 1989 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Saxophone Quartet (1988)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: January 1988 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music.
Symphony No. 3 "Memorial Symphony" for symphony orchestra (1988)
Duration: 20`.
First performance: April 1989 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
"Chronicle of One Event" for cello and piano (1988)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: March 1989 in Kazan, Tatarstan.
"Dorian's Fate", chamber opera in two acts for soprano, countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass and chamber orchestra (1989)
Ukrainian libretto by Serhij Stupak, after Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Grey".
Duration: 35`.
First performance: May 1990 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music.
"Parallels", chamber symphony No. 1 for chamber orchestra (1990)
Duration: 23'.
First performance: May 1991 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music.
"Color Sounds", piano pieces for children (1990-1991)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: November 1991 in Geureth, France.
"Artistic Games", music material within a pedagogical book for piano (1990)
Duration: 35'.
"Evening Solitaire - Card Game No. 2" for piano (1991)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: April 1992 in Odessa, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano)
"Black Moon Cycle" for violin and piano (1991)
Duration: 14'.
First performance: October 1991, Kyiv, Ukraine
"Night Preference - Card Game No. 3" for flute or clarinet, percussion, organ or piano and cello (1991)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: March 1992 in Novosobirsk, Russia.
CD Association New Music.
"The Light, Which Is In You Is Not Darkness?" for organ (1992)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: February 1993 in Koeln, Germany.
"Children Pieces" for piano (1992)
Duration: 40`.
"Royal Flush - Card Game No. 1" for violin, cello and piano (1992)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: February 1993 in Odessa, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music.
"Infinitely Identical Suns" for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin and cello (1992)
Duration: 13'.
First performance: November 1992 in Odessa, Ukraine.
First performance abroad: February 1993 in Zurich, Switzerland.
CD Association New Music.
"Duel-Duo No. 1" for trumpet and tuba (1993)
Duration: 3'.
First performance: August 1993 in Bayreuth, Germany.
"Duel-Duo No. 2" for violin and cello (1993)
Duration: 5'.
First performance: June 2001 in Chisinau Moldova.
"Duel-Duo No. 3" for trumpet and organ (1993)
Duration: 7'.
"Aum-Quintet" for tenor saxophone, mezzo-soprano (without words), piano, violin and cello (1993)
Duration: 14'.
First performance: 1994, Odessa, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music.
"Far From the Crowd" for accordion (1994)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: 17 December 1994 in the Academicians' House, Walnut hall of Odessa (Ukraine) by Ivan Yergiyev (member of the The FRESCOS Contemporary Music Ensemble).
CD Association New Music.
"Wandering in the Space of Triangle", performance for marimba, violin, viola and cello (1994)
Duration: 15'.
First performance: June 1994 in Odessa, Ukraine.
"Between Two Fires", mini-mono-opera for percussion, bass clarinet or tenor saxophone and female voice (1994)
German libretto by Serhij Stupak and Karmella Tsepkolenko, after Hermann Hesse's "Der Steppenwolf").
Duration: 22'.
First performance: 16 April 1995 in the Festival Hall of Odessa (Ukraine) by Tetiana Spass'ka (soprano), Ihor Belyj (tenor-saxophone), Percussion Quartet Freiburg and Bernhard Wulff (conductor).
"Ca-ri-n Sounds" for flute (1995)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: April 1995 in Odessa, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music: Carin Levine (flute)
"Duel-Duo No. 4" for oboe and piano (1995)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: 22 March 1996 in the National Concert Centre of Kazan (Russia) by Peter Veale (oboe) and James Avery (piano).
CD Association New Music: Peter Veale (oboe) and James Avery (piano)
"Duel-Duo No. 5" for violin and accordion (1995)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: 28 November 1995 in the Literary Museum, Golden Hall in Odessa (Ukraine) by Elena Yergiyeva (violin) and Ivan Yergiyev (accordion).
CD Association New Music: Elena Yergiyeva (violin) and Ivan Yergiyev (accordion).
"Paysage Solo" for piano (1995)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: 28 August 1995 in the Schenkel-Schoeller Stift of Düren (Germany) by Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano).
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano)
"Feeling of Solitude" for oboe (1995)
Duration: 8'.
First performance: 21 April 1997 in Luzern (Switzerland) by Matthias Arter (oboe).
"From Corner to Corner" for three double basses (1995)
Duration: 12'.
First performance: 4 May 1996 in Opera Stabile of Hamburg (Germany) by the Double bass Trio "Die Alsterbrummer".
"Concert of the Birds", opera and music theatre work for alto, soprano, bass baritone, flute, clarinet, percussion and viola (1996)
After mystic comedy by Djevad Karahasan>
Duration: 25'.
In German.
Co-authorship with 5 other composers; parts XI, XII, XIII by Karmella Tsepkolenko.
First performance: 4 April 1997 in the Künstlerhaus of Salzburg (Austria) by Theatre ARBOS.
"Exit", cantata for female voice, clarinet, accordion and piano (1996)
Duration: 14'.
On verses in Ukrainian by Pavlo Tychyna, in Russian by Aleksandr Blok, in German by Th. Fontane, in French by G. Apollinaire and in English by E. E. Cummings.
First performance: 31 May 1997 in Villa Bernau of Bern (Switzerland) by the Ensemble Klangheimlich.
CD Association New Music: Ensemble Klangheimlich: Barbara Sutter (mezzo-soprano), Meinrad Haller (clarinet), Pascal Contet (accordion) and Franziska Rieder (piano)
CD Association New Music: Ensemble Klangheimlich: Miriam Parma (mezzo-soprano), Meinrad Haller (clarinet), Pascal Contet (accordion) and Franziska Rieder (piano)
"Princess", performance for flutist (pic/fl/a fl/b fl/cb fl) and string quartet (1996)
Duration: 30'.
First performance: 13 April 1996 in the Festival Hall of Odessa (Ukraine) by Carin Levine (flutes) and the Ensemble The Harmony of the World.
"Self-Reflection No. 1", performance for piano and tape (1996)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: 19 December 1996 in the New York University (USA) by Karmella Tsepkolenko.
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano)
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano & tape)
"Self-Reflection No. 2", performance for tape (1997)
Duration: 5'.
First performance: November 1997 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music: Electronic Studio of the New Music Institute Freiburg
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (tape)
"Duel-Duo no.2" version for two cellos (1997)
Duration: 5`.
First performance: 1997 in Warsaw, Poland.
"Duel-Duo No. 6" for two violas (1997)
Duration: 8'.
First performance: 19 July 1997 in the Art Hall M of Sapporo (Japan) by Andrey Vytovitch and Paul Silverthorne (violas).
CD Association New Music: Andrey Vytovitch and Paul Silverthorne (violas).
"Out of the Blues" for piano (1997)
Duration: 7'.
First performance: December 1997 in Music-Center "De IJsbreker" of Amsterdam (Netherlands) by Marcel Worms (piano).
CD Association New Music: Marcel Worms (piano)
CD Association New Music: Karmella Tsepkolenko (piano)
"Three Pieces" for bass baritone and piano (1997)
On verses by Rainer Brambach (in German).
I: "Das tanzende Herz"
II: "Fragment"
III: "Die Uhr".
Duration: 7'.
First performance: 10 January 1998 in Alte Scluniede in Vienna (Austria) by Rupert Bergmann (bass-baritone) and Paul Harris (piano).
"When the Chain Would Break, It Certainly Could Not Find All Pearls Again" for tenor saxophone, percussion, accordion and double bass (1998)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: 15 November 1998 in Odeon in Vienna (Austria) by Ensemble Wienner Collage.
CD Association New Music: Peter Rohrsdorfer (saxophone), Willi Schulz (percussion), Alfred Melichar (accordion) and Michael Seifried (double-bass)
"Duel-Duo No. 7" for clarinet and piano (1998)
Duration: 9'.
First performance: 24 October 1999 in the Zinghaus in Bern (Switzarland) by Ensemble Klangheimlich.
CD Association New Music: Ensemble Klangheimlich: Meinrad Haller (clarinet) and Franziska Rieder (piano)
"In Dreaming And Here Below On The Earth" for flute, piano and cello (1998)
Duration: 14'.
First performance: 23 February 1999 in the Sprengel Museum of Hannover (Germany) by Trio Cologne Connection.
"All Except - What Yet Is All" for chamber orchestra (1999)
Duration: 11'.
First performance: February 2000 in Odessa, Ukraine.
CD Association New Music: Ensemble of Soloists of Ukraine "Kamerata Kyiv", Valeriy Matjukhin (conductor)
"Ten Transformations Into Nothing" for chamber orchestra (1999)
For cl, b-cl, s-sax, t-sax, tb; mar, 2bng, 3ttom, gr-c; ac; vn, vl, vc.
Duration: 20'.
Version for fl, ob, cl, fg; cr; mar, 2bng, 3ttom, gr-c; p; vn, vl, vc (2002).
"Solo-Solissimo No. 1" for violin (1999)
Duration: 8'.
First performance: 12 March 2000 in Libanon, Livane by Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin).
CD Association New Music: Peter Sheppard Skaerved (violin)
"The Door Opened to the Limit" for clarinet, piano and cello (2000)
Duration: 15'.
First performance: 16 April 2000 in the Festival Hall of Odessa (Ukraine) by Ensemble Klangheimlich.
CD Association New Music: Ensemble Klangheimlich: Meinrad Haller (clarinet), Franziska Rieder (piano) and Claudia Eigenmann (cello)
"The weariness of Forgotten Peoples / Forgotten Peoples’ Exhaustion", cemetery piece for accordionist and video (2000)
Duration: 14'.
First performance: 17 October 2000 in the Dom- und Diözesanmuseum of Vienna (Austria) by Martin Veszelovicz (accordion).
"Solo-Solissimo No. 2", piano piece for the right hand (2001)
Duration: 6'.
First performance: September 2001 in Heilbronn, Germany.
"Solo-Momento No. 1" for piano (2001)
Duration: 2'.
First performance: September 2001 in Heilbronn, Germany.
Chamber Symphony No. 3 for chamber orchestra (2001-2002)
Duration: 20'.
First performance: September 2004 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
"Solo-Momento No. 2" for percussion (2002)
Duration: 5'.
"Cabin for Eight" for eight instrumentalists (2002)
For alto-flute, bass-clarinet, soprano-saxophone, percussion, piano, violin, viola and cello.
Duration: 17'.
First performance: January 2004 in Paris, France.
“Duel-Duo No. 8” for two flutists (2003)
Duration: 10'.
First performance: April 2003 in Odessa, Ukraine.
“Hinter dem Horizont” for soprano, percussion, piano and double bass (2003)
On verses by Matthias Kneip (in German).
Percussion: timpani, 2 darabukas, crot, gong, vibraphone.
Duration: 11'.
First performance in October 2003 in Dresden, Germany.
“Solo-Momento No. 3” for viola (2003)
Duration: 2'.
First performance: June 2003 in Roma, Italy.
“Duel-Duo No. 9” for piano and percussion (2003)
Duration: 13'.
First performance: November 2003 in Cagliari, Sassari, Italy.
Symphony No. 4 for symphony orchestra (2004)
Duration: 30`.
“Duel-Duo No. 10” for organ and percussion (2004)
Duration: 12`.
2 China gng, 2 Thailand gng, ttam, vbr, 2bng, 3ttom, tbr-mil, 3pti-ssp, h-h, gr-c.
First performance: 23 January 2005 in the Christus Kirchen of Freiburg, Germany.
“Duel-Duo No. 11” for accordion and cello (2005)
Duration: 10`.
“Solo-Solissimo No. 3 for spinet (2005)
Duration: 7`.
"Nach Unentschieden" for conductor (wistle, 2 bng, w-bl), flutist (picc, fl, alt.fl) clarinettist (es-cl, cl, b-cl) violinist and cellist (2005)
Duration: 12`.
“Solo-Momento No. 4” for harpsihord (2006)
Duration: 7`.
"Kitchen Symphony", chamber opera for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble (2006)
Duration: 20`.
Music to the Film "Tramway No. 5" (2006)
Duration: 25`.
"Les Grands Voyages Autour Du Monde", music to photo-film “Simenon ecrivain photographe” (2006)
Duration: 80`.
Composed for DVD-film.

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