Svitlana Azarova
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Svitlana Azarova is a Ukrainian/Dutch composer of contemporary classical music born January 9, 1976 in the Ukrainian SSR
of the Soviet Union
.
Pedagogical Institute as music teacher in 1996, Svitlana entered Odessa
State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire (now Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Musical Academy) where she studied composition, first under Prof. Olexander Krasotov and later until her graduation as composer in 2000 under Prof. Karmella Tsepkolenko
.
In 2003 she participated in the 6 month long Gaude Polonia - a scholarship program of the Ministry Culture of Republic Poland, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
with professor Marcin Blazewicz. Later that year, Dresden Centre of Music/DZzM (now European Centre for the Arts) invited Svitlana to participate in the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik. This project met again at the 8th Musica Viva in Munich
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:
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or in short, the Ukrainian SSR was a sovereign Soviet Socialist state and one of the fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union lasting from its inception in 1922 to the breakup in 1991...
of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
.
Early years
After having graduated from IzmailIzmail
Izmail is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmail Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
Pedagogical Institute as music teacher in 1996, Svitlana entered Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire (now Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Musical Academy) where she studied composition, first under Prof. Olexander Krasotov and later until her graduation as composer in 2000 under Prof. Karmella Tsepkolenko
Karmella Tsepkolenko
-Biography:Karmella Tsepkolenko was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She studied composition from 1973-79 at the Pyotr Stoliarsky Special Music School in Odessa under Aleksandr Kogan and piano under Grigory Buchynsky and Yelena Pannikova. She continued her studies at the Odessa State A.V. Nezhdanova Music...
.
In 2003 she participated in the 6 month long Gaude Polonia - a scholarship program of the Ministry Culture of Republic Poland, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
with professor Marcin Blazewicz. Later that year, Dresden Centre of Music/DZzM (now European Centre for the Arts) invited Svitlana to participate in the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik. This project met again at the 8th Musica Viva in Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
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
Seefeld, Tirol
Seefeld in Tirol is a municipality of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol, located about northwest of Innsbruck. With more than one million overnight stays each year, it is one of the most popular Tyrolean tourist destinations especially for skiing in winter, but also for...
, Tirol
Tyrol (state)
Tyrol is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol.The state is split into two parts–called North Tyrol and East Tyrol–by a -wide strip of land where the state of Salzburg borders directly on the Italian province of...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
).
After this academy, she took up permanent residency of The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
and in 2006 began post-graduate studies at conservatoire in Amsterdam
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
The Conservatorium van Amsterdam is a Dutch academy of music located in Amsterdam. This school is the music division of the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, the city's vocational university of arts...
under Theo Loevendie
Theo Loevendie
Theo Loevendie is a Dutch composer and clarinet player.Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the Conservatoire of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. As off 1968 he also wrote concert music, among which operas, concertos and chamber music...
where she graduated Master of Music
Master of Music
The Master of Music is the first graduate degree in Music awarded by universities and music conservatories. The M.Mus. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy...
in December 2007
Composer Residencies:
- 2007 - Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC) (GotlandGotlandGotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
) - 2008 - Czech Music Information Centre (PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
)
Career
The music of Svitlana Azarova is performed by ensembles and orchestras internationally. This includes- Petra Stump, clarinet (Austria)
- Mariko Nishioka percussion (Japan) and Yuka Sugimoto percussion (Japan)
- Nieuw EnsembleNieuw EnsembleThe Nieuw Ensemble was founded in 1980 in Amsterdam. It has a unique instrumental structure, using plucked instruments such as mandolin, guitar and harp in combination with wind, string and percussion. Ed Spanjaard has been the principal conductor since 1982...
(The Netherlands) - Stephan VermeerschStephan VermeerschStephan Vermeersch, is a Belgian performing and teaching musician in the disciplines of clarinet, bass clarinet and saxophone.As soloist he performs contemporary music and was invited to perform at contemporary festivals in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, U.K, US, Canada, Ukraine,...
(Belgium) - Marcel Worms (The Netherlands)
- Ensemble pass_ПОРТ (Ukraine - Germany - Brazil - France), Conductor: Kevin John Edusei
- Sinfonia Iuventus, conductor: Roman Rewakowicz (Poland)
Current Projects
Svitlana has just finished her third symphony and have started on a series of pieces for solo instrumentsCompositions
- 2011
- Mover of the Earth, Stopper of the Sun for symphony orchestra (overture), commissioned by ONDIF
- I fell into the sky... for viola solo
- 2010
- Pure thoughts transfixed symphony for large orchestra
- 2008
- Beyond Context for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Polish Institute in KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
- From this kind... for choir, brass and percussion on words by Oksana ZabuzhkoOksana ZabuzhkoOksana Zabuzhko is a contemporary Ukrainian poet, writer and essayist.-Life:Born in Lutsk, Ukraine, Zabuzhko studied philosophy at the Kiev University, where she also obtained her doctorate in aesthetics in 1987. In 1992 she taught at Penn State University as an invited writer...
- Beyond Context for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Polish Institute in Kiev
- 2007
- 300 steps above for carillonCarillonA carillon is a musical instrument that is typically housed in a free-standing bell tower, or the belfry of a church or other municipal building. The instrument consists of at least 23 cast bronze, cup-shaped bells, which are played serially to play a melody, or sounded together to play a chord...
- Trojaborg for solo clarinet
- Epices for soprano, bass clarinet, trompet, perc., piano, violin
- Untitled 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 EnsembleNieuw EnsembleThe Nieuw Ensemble was founded in 1980 in Amsterdam. It has a unique instrumental structure, using plucked instruments such as mandolin, guitar and harp in combination with wind, string and percussion. Ed Spanjaard has been the principal conductor since 1982...
- 300 steps above for carillon
- 2006
- Sounds from the Yellow Planet for ensemble and recordings of throat singing by KhoomeiKhoomeiKhoomei , also spelled Xoomii, Xöömei, Xöömej, Khöömei, or Höömey, refers to...
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)
- Sounds from the Yellow Planet for ensemble and recordings of throat singing by Khoomei
- 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
- Times of high vibrations for two flutes
- Don't go: not now for flute, oboe and bassoon
- Feet on Fire for 2 percussion
- Festina Lente for 4 clarinets
- Funk Island for corno bassetto and piano
- 2002
- In the Icy Loneliness for 2 cellos
- ...is there no alternative for you? for ensemble
- Profile of Time for ensemble
- Axis of Every Karuss... for clarinet, piano and cello
- 2001
- As for the Clot it is Slowly... for solo tuba
- 2000
- Seller of the Glass Christmas Trees for solo flute
- 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
- Slaby, Z. + Slaby, P. Svitlana Azarova in The Encyclopedia of the World of Another Music (Svìt jiné hudby), vol. 2. Prague: Volvox Globator Publishing House, p. 73 - 74
- Kötter, D. Svitlana Azarova, Asiope, WestEast 8. Musica Viva Veranstaltung 2006 | 2007 [Sonderveranstaltung] p. 7, 10
- Von Adelbert and Reif, R. R. pass_PORT and Svitlana Azarova in Applaus #6/2007 p. 32
- Schwarz, S. Svitlana Azarova in Offende Grenzen in Süddeutschen Zeitung Wochenendeausgabe 30. Juni/1 Juli 2007
- Vojzizka, E. review of Chronometer in Kievskij Telegraf #40 13th of October 2005, p. 7
- Desiateryk, D. Svitlana Azarova and pass_PORT in Kiev The Day #28, Tuesday, 26 October 2004
- Perepelytsya, O. Svitlana Azarova in Contemporary composers of Ukraine reference guide-book, Issue 1. Odessa 2002 Association New Music, p. 100-101
Memberships
- Member of GENECO
- Member of the Association of New Music
- Member of ISCM Ukraine Section
- Member of Ukrainian Composers' Union.
- Member of Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische VervielfältigungsrechteGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische VervielfältigungsrechteGesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte is a performance rights organization from Germany. It is the only such institution in Germany and a member of BIEM and CISAC...
(GEMAGEMAGEMA may be:* Georgia Emergency Management Agency* * gema, a General Purpose Macro Processor* Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte, or GEMA, a performance rights organisation in Germany...
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