Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian ????? ????????? ???????????, Tatar Sofia ?s??t q?z? ??b?ydullina) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music.

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Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Republic. In her youth she would spend much time praying in the fields near her home that she may one day become a composer. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In Moscow she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963.

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During her studies in Soviet Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate tunings. She was supported, however, by Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path".

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In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov.

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In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through Gidon Kremer's championing of her violin concerto Offertorium. She later composed a homage to T. S. Eliot, using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece Four Quartets.

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In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, and Wolfgang Rihm, was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her contribution was the Johannes-Passion. In 2002 she followed this by the Johannes-Ostern ("Easter according to John"). The two works together form a "diptych" on the death and resurrection of Christ, her largest work to date.

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She was thrilled that her work The Light at the End followed Beethovens' Symphony No. 5 in C minor in the 2005 proms.

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Sofia Gubaidulina related Images and Photos (experimental)

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Green Iguana at Exotic Animal Exhibition Sofia Bulgaria

Elderly Man Passes a National Flag Painted on Front of a Polling Station in Bulgarian Capital Sofia