Timur Ismagilov

Timur Aleksandrovich Ismagilov (Russian: Тиму́р Алекса́ндрович Исмаги́лов; born 27 February 1982) is a Russian Bashkir composer and pianist. In his music he combines contemporary composition techniques with Tatar and Bashkir folk elements.[1]

Biography

Timur Ismagilov was born in Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia). He started to compose music at the age of 11 and attended Rustem Sabitov's composition class in 1995–2000.[2] Ismagilov graduated from the Lyceum of Ufa State Institute of Arts (Lyudmila Alexeeva's piano class).[3] In 2005 he graduated from Alexander Tchaikovsky's composition class at the Moscow Conservatory.[4] In 2005–2008 he took a post-graduate course in the conservatory (academic adviser Alexander Tchaikovsky, scientific adviser Svetlana Savenko).

In 2006 Timur Ismagilov founded the Sviatoslav Richter's memorial website.[5] Since 2010 he has organized a number of contemporary music concerts. Ismagilov was one of the composers interviewed by Dmitry Bavilskiy for his book “To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers” (published in 2014).[6] Besides composing his own music, Ismagilov has made about 600 transcriptions and arrangements for different sets of instruments.

Works

Orchestral music

Concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 17 (2004–05)

Elegy for string orchestra, op. 40 (2011, 2017)

Changes II for piano, 15 strings and triangle ad libitum, op. 42 (2016–17)

Addiction for orchestra, op. 44 (2018)

Chamber music

Triptych for string quartet, op. 4 (1996)

Epitaph for Alfred Schnittke for string quartet, piano and celesta, op. 6 (1998, rev. 2014)

String Quartet, op. 14 (2002–03, rev. 2006)

Fantasia for violin and piano, op. 16 (2003–04)

EDES... for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano, op. 20 (2007)

Ozon kiy [7] (Bashkir: Оҙон көй) for accordion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and double bass; op. 21 (2008)

Two Sketches and a Song for cello solo, op. 22 (2010)

Novella for viola solo, op. 23 (2010)

Evening Music for flute, violin, viola and cello, op. 24 (2010)

Dialogue for violin solo, op. 27 (2011)

Trio for violin, cello and piano, op. 31 (2013)

Jacob's Ladder for double bass solo, op. 35 (2014)

Sonata for violin and piano, op. 36 (2015)

The Story of Dove for flute solo, op. 39 (2016)

Fantasia for clavichord (or piano), op. 43 (2018)

Fantasia for viola and piano, op. 46 (2019–20)

Vocal music

Four Japanese Poems for soprano and piano, op. 7 (1998)

From Mustai Karim, diptych for male voice and piano, op. 9 (1999)

The Story of One Picture after Arkady Averchenko for male voice, cello, piano, prepared piano and tape, op. 11 (2001)

121, vocal cycle after poems by Dmitry Prigov for male voice and piano, op. 15 (2003)

From Hafez, vocal cycle for soprano and piano, op. 26 (2011)

Three Epigrams for low male voice and piano, op. 41 (1999, 2017)

Piano music

Suite in Folk Style, op. 1 (1995–96)

Variations on a Folk Theme, op. 2 (1995–96)

Partita-Offering, op. 10 (2000)

Homage to John Cage, op. 12 (2001)

Variations on a Theme of Paganini, op. 13 (2002, rev. 2003)

24 Preludes, op. 18 (2005—10)

Yashen [8] (Bashkir: Йәшен) after Rashit Nazarov's poem, op. 25 (2011)

Bagatelles, op. 28 (2012)

Axis, op. 32 (2012–13)

Changes, op. 33 (2013)

7, op. 34 (2014)

Three Pieces for Six Hands, op. 37 (2010—16)

Spring Sketches, op. 38 (2016)

Notes
  1. http://www.chaskor.ru/article/timur_ismagilov_ya_by_mog_sochinyat_muzyku_dazhe_v_gluhoj_derevne_24251 Conversation with Dmitry Bavilskiy
  2. https://archive.li/20060210134116/http://www.bashvest.ru/showinf.php?id=3441
  3. Bavilskiy, Dmitry (2014). "To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers”, p. 746. ISBN 978-5-89059-191-3.
  4. http://www.mosconsv.ru/ru/students_h.aspx List of the Moscow Conservatory graduates
  5. http://www.r-spring.ru/Products/dirid_27/tek_359/
  6. http://limbakh.ru/index.php?id=2371
  7. The title is a transcription of two Bashkir words.
  8. The title is a transcription of the Bashkir word.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.