Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian ????? ????????? ???????????, Tatar Sofia Äs?ät q?z? ?öbäydullina) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music.

Quotations

• "I am a religious person...and by 'religion' I mean re-ligio, the re-tying of a bond...restoring the legato of life. Life divides man into many pieces...There is no weightier occupation than the recomposition of spiritual integrity through the composition of music."