Iraida Yusupova

Internet Edition compiled by Onno van Rijen

Updated 23 December 2006

Born

20 February 1962 in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan).

Education

Iraida Yusupova graduated from Moscow State Conservatory as a composer in 1987. She is a member of the Composers' Union of Russia (Moscow organization) and the Filmmakers' Union of Russia, member of the Association of Contemporary Music (ACM), member of the Theremin Center since 1994. Permanent participant of the international musical festivals "Alternative", "Moscow Autumn", "Moscow forum".
Participant of the international musical festival of Gidon Cremer in Lockenhouse, the international musical festivals "Bach - 2000" (project "Passions - 2000"), "White Nights' Stars" (Saint-Petersburg, project "Demjan the Tsar", 2001), "Gent-Moscow-Gent"(Belgium) and "Klang och Rubel" (Sweden), "Delphi's Games - 2002" (Saint-Petersburg), ), Austrian Cultural Forum in Saint-Petersburg (2003), David Oistrakh’s Festival in Pyarnu (Estonia - 2004) and the “Wean Hean” festival in Vienna (2005).

Music by Iraida Yusupova was performed in Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, USA, Switzerland, Turkey, Hungary.
She is the author of 3 operas, 2 symphonies, 6 cantatas, 3 instrumental concerts, a lot of chamber music and electroacoustic music and music for cinema and theatre.
In 2001 she was selected by independent Moscow journalists to be included in 10 the most noticeable Russian modern composers.

Works

Sonata for oboe and piano (1987)

Concerto for harp with orchestra "Arpa-amplificata" (1987)

Octet in memory of Igor Stravinsky (1989)

"Incantation of Elements" for symphony orchestra and tape (1989)

"Dreams' Music", version for cello-solo (1990)

"Dreams' Music", version for violin-solo (1990)

"In Front of the Mirror", saloon's triptych (1990)

After texts by Vera Pavlova.
"Emily's Revelations", cantata for mezzo-soprano and symphony orchestra (1990)

After a text by Emily Dickinson.

Brass quintet (1990)

"Sound's Travelling" for percussion and soprano -saxophone (1990)

"Etudes by Steiniz" for two wind instruments and organ (1991)

"Ginekeum", electronic composition (1991)

"Sailing Off" for saxophones' quartet (1992)

"Willows' Flowering III, chamber cantata (1992)

"Moses' Tomb", electronic composition (1992)

"Eine Grosse Nachtmusik", chamber symphony (1993)

Concert for oboe and chamber orchestra (1993)

"Winds' Rose" for chamber orchestra and piano in memory of Nikolay Sydelnikov (1993)

"Babiloon's mystery", symphony (1994)

"Two Small Canons on English Poets' Texts", chamber cantata (1994)

"Astrolatreya", divertissement for ensemble of soloists in two versions (1994)

"Arlecinata", divertissement for ensemble of soloists (1994)

"The Waiting", small concert for oboe-solo and tape (1994)

"The Birth of Venus" for brass quintet and one or more grand pianos (1994)

"Sonata Without First Movement" for piano (1994)

"Canon-Elegy" for piano (1994)

Dedicated to Ivan Sokolov.
"Gone Years' Reminiscences" for one or more pianos (1994)

"Nikola Veshny", composition for domra, flute and piano (1994)

In memory of Nikolay Sydelnikov.
"Composition in Memory of Igor Severyarnin" for domra-solo (1994)
Co-authored by Sergey Nevrayev.
"Postlude-Dedication, or Variation on a Basque Folk Theme", composition for domra, two pianos and computer (1994)

"The Birth of Venus" for symphony orchestra and tape (1995)

Dedicated to Anastasia Braudo Jr.
"Opera-Kryptophonic", opera (1995)
Co-authored by Sergey Nevrayev and Ivan Sokolov.
"Ex Voto" for ensemble of soloists (1995)
Dedicated to Alexander Dolgin.
"Willows' Flowering IV, or Almost Etruscan Text" (1995)
Several versions.
"The Critique of Pure Reason", for ensemble of soloists or chamber orchestra (1995)
Dedicated to Alexander Babulevich.
"Thou Art My Soul" for descant, cello and piano (1996)
After a text from a canon by Saint Andrey from Crete.
"The Well in Haroldsbach", fantasy and choral for harpsichord (1996)

Etude for flute solo (1996)

"Sailing Off" for saxophones' quartet and tape (1996)

"Sailing Off" for saxophones' quartet and two tapes (1996)

"Sailing Off" for saxophones' quartet and soprano (1996)

"Sailing Off" for saxophones' quartet, tape and soprano (1996)

"The Last Sound's Travelling" for cello and percussion (1996)

"Alla Mente" for piano (1996)

"Strange Shores", suite for harp-solo (1997)

"Virgins' Singing on the Syon-Mountain", composition for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble for violin, two cellos, keyboard goosly and tape (1997)

Updated version of computer mixing in 2000.
"Opera-Marina" (1995-1998)
It's separate parts exist as independent works titled "The Birth of Venus", "Sailing Off" and "Waiting".
"The Birth of Venus" for brass quintet, one or more grand pianos and tape (1998)

"Ex voto II" for ensemble of soloists (1998)

"Ex voto III" for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (1998)

After a text by Gennady Aygy.
"No More the Sea, or New Sound's Travelling" (1998)
Two versions for tape and several versions for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble and tape.
"Retro-Suite", multimedia project for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (1998)

"Cadenza and Coda for cello with orchestra", composition for enveloping cello with symphony ochestra and tape (1998)

"Faust Fragments", mystery (1999)

"Pushkin-Triptych" for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (1999)

"Sequences", composition for piano and cello (1999)

"Mefisto-Garden. The Seasons", multimedia project of four parts (1995-2000)

Several versions of each part.
"Children's cantata" for children's choir, piano and tape (2000)
After a text by Gennady Aygy.
"The Dull Songs of the Earth", chamber cantata (2000)
After a text by Lermontov.
"South", composition from multimedia project by Tatiana Mikheyeva, Iraida Yusupova, Sergey Zagniy and Dmitry Cheglakov "Several Different Directions" (2000)

"Christmas Mystery For Silhouettes' Theatre" (2000)

Script by Inna Kolosova.
"Prayer" for male choir, cello and double-base (2000)

After texts by Great Princess Olga Romanova.
"Three Meditations on Baptist Script" from "Passions 2000" (2000)
After texts by Leonid Bely, Vera Pavlova, Vyacheslav Kurizin.
With Dmitry Cheglakov's parting.
"In the Country of the Blind", performance-installation (2000)

"Unnamed", composition for soprano and cello with chamber orchestra and tape (2000)

Updated version for soprano and cello with chamber orchestra in 2003.
"The Birds", multimedia project (1999-2001)
Several versions.
Fragments of collective opera "Tsar Demyan" (2001)
Co-authored by Leonid Desyatnikov, Vladimir Nikolayev, Vyacheslav Gayvoronsky, creative group "Composer".
"In the Country of the Blind II", composition for chamber orchestra and computer (2001)

"In the Country of the Blind III", composition for piano and computer (2001)

"PolyCordia", composition for Irish harp, cello, piano and tape (2001)

Dedicated to Pyotr Kondrashin.
"Dies Irae" for counter-tenor, basso-profound and ensemble of soloists (2001)

"Music By Someone Else", composition for ensemble of soloists (2001)

In several versions.
"Shepherds and Angels", mystery-loobock (2002)
Widened version - Cyber-musical. After texts by Vera Pavlova.
Updated version for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble in 2003.
"Eine Kleine Morgenmusik", composition in my father's memory for piano solo (2002)

"Cherubic" for chorus a capella (2002)

Instrumental version also 2002. Electroacoustic version also 2002.
"More", electro-acoustic composition (2002)

“Pastorale”, fantasy on Adolf Venzel, themes for cello and piano (2003)

“Prayer”, version for full choir and piano (2003)

“NOSFERATU-symphony” for chamber ensemble and video-projection (2003)

Live sound track for Murnau’s film NOSFERATU (1924).
“On my way to Damascus” for chamber ensemble (2003)

“Kitejz – 11” for organ and tape (2003)

“Kitejz – 14” for violin, ovaloid and tape (2003)

“The Tin Little Soldier”, composition for Bosze Saloon Orchestra (2003)

“Dies irae – 2”, composition for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble and tape (2003)

“Aelita”, opera-karaoke - multimedia project (2003)

Based on author’s remix of the film by Yakov Protazanov “Aelita” (1924) and photodigidroms by Alexander Dolgin. Libretto by Vera Pavlova. Created specially for the opening of Alexander Dolgin’s exhibition.
"Shepherds and Angels", updated version for Dmitry Pokrovsky Ensemble (2003)

"Unnamed", updated version for soprano and cello with chamber orchestra (2003)

“Ave Maria” by Adolf Venzel in different chamber arrangements (2003)

Adolf Venzel. “Why do I love you so much?” for full or female choir and piano with (or without) string quintet (2003)

Fragment from the imaginary musical “Her First ball”.
“A recollection of interrupted song” in memory of Luidji Nono, electro-acoustic performance (2003)

“Kitejz – 19” for Theremin-voice (or 2 Theremin-voices) and tape (2004)

“Kitejz – 22” for tape (2004)

"Prayer", version for male choir and chamber orchestra (2004)

After texts by Great Princess Olga Romanova.
"Cherubic" for male choir and cello (2004)

“Einstein and Margarita”, opera in four acts with preface and epilogue (2004)

Libretto By Vera Pavlova and Iraida Yusupova in collaboration with Steven Seymour.
Please check for detailed information.
“Un bergantin”, composition for mixed choir with contrabass and piano (2005)
After a text of Jose de Espronseda.
Version of "Prayer" for male choir and organ (2005)
After texts by Great Princess Olga Romanova.
“Ballada” – composition for poet, singer, harp and recorders with tape (2005)
After a text of Dmitry Prigov.
“Winds’ Rose – 2”, sound-installation for string orchestra and piano (2005)

“Sax-n-roll”, electroacoustic composition (2005)

“Mermaids’ dance”, electroacoustic composition (2005)

“Composition with organ”, electroacoustic composition (2005)

“Gothic cantata” for mixed choir, oboe, cello, organ and harp (2006)

After a text of Dmitry Prigov.
"Gone Century's Reminiscences", six choruses on canonical and non-canonical texts for mixed choir (and tape/tapes) (2006)

“Real and impossible”, media-opera (2006)

“Welcome to Paradise”, media-ballet (2006)

After Dante Alighieri’s La Divina Commedia.
"Willows' Flowering V”, chamber cantata for soprano, piano and tape (2006)
After texts by Vera Pavlova.

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