Svitlana Azarova ( uk, Світлана Азарова; born 9 January 1976) is a Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music, originally from the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Early years

Svitlana Azarova was born on 9 January 1976, in

Izmail Izmail (, , translit. ''Izmail,'' formerly Тучков ("Tuchkov"); ro, Ismail or ''Smil''; pl, Izmaił, bg, Исмаил) is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It serves as the administra ...

, then in the

, now in Ukraine. After having graduated in music from Odesa Pedagogical Institute as in 1996, Azarova entered Odesa Conservatory, where she studied musical composition, first under the Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Krasotov, and later (until 2000) under the Ukrainian author and composer Karmella Tsepkolenko. In 2003 Azarova participated for six months in the

scholarship A scholarship is a form of financial aid awarded to students for further education. Generally, scholarships are awarded based on a set of criteria such as academic merit, diversity and inclusion, athletic skill, and financial need. Scholars ...

program, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, under Marcin Blazewicz. Later that year, the invited Azarova to participate in the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the .pass_ПОРТ performing Azarova at Festspielhaus Helleraubr>Kulturstiftung des Bundes
This project met again at the 8th Musica Viva in

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

in 2007.pass_ПОРТ performing Azarova a
8 Musica Viva, Munich
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 (

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). After this academy, she took up permanent residency of

The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...

and in 2006 began post-graduate studies at conservatoire in Amsterdam under

Theo Loevendie Johan Theodorus Loevendie (born 17 September 1930 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch composer and clarinet player. Loevendie studied composition and clarinet at the music academy (Conservatorium) of Amsterdam. Initially he concentrated on jazz music. A ...

where she graduated Master of Music in December 2007 Composer Residencies: * 2007, 2015, 2016
Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC)
( Gotland, Sweden) * 2008 - Czech Music Information Centre (

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of cities in the Czech Republic, largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 milli ...

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)

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)Mariko Nishioka and Yuka Sugimoto percussion (Japan
World Première ''Feet on Fire'' at Odessa International New Music Festival Two days and Two nights
/ref> *

Nieuw Ensemble The Nieuw Ensemble ( or ; English: New Ensemble) is a Dutch musical ensemble. It 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, str ...

(The Netherlands) * Stephan Vermeersch (Belgium) Stephan Vermeersch perform
Outvoice, outstep and outwalk
(youtube) Stephan Vermeersch perform
Trojaborg
(youtube) at ClarinetFest 2008 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA * Marcel Worms (The Netherlands)Marcel Worms ''10 year of New Blues for Piano''
Recorded live at the Bimhuis on 11 September 2006] * Ensemble ''pass_ПОРТ'' (Ukraine - Germany - Brazil - France), Conductor: Kevin John Edusei * Sinfonia Iuventus, conductor: Roman Rewakowicz (Poland) * Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra conducted by

Toshiyuki Shimada is a Japanese-born American orchestral conductor. He is Music Director of both the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra in New London, CT; the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes in Corning, NY; and the New Britain Symphony Orchestra. H ...

The ECSO's e-symphony premieres Saturda
The Day
/ref>Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestr
2011-2012 brochure
/ref> * Orchestre national d'Île-de-France (ONDIF) conductor Enrique Mazzola *

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPhO; nl, Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Amsterdam. History The NedPhO was formed in 1985 from the merger of three orchestras: the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestr ...

(NedPho) conductor Marc Albrecht *

Royal Danish Opera The Royal Danish Theatre (RDT, Danish: ') is both the national Danish performing arts institution and a name used to refer to its old purpose-built venue from 1874 located on Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen. The theatre was founded in 1748, first ser ...

conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

Compositions

* 2019 ** ''Hoc Vinces!'' for large orchestra * 2015-2016 ** ''

Momo and the time thieves ''Momo and the Time Thieves'' (Danish: ') is a Danish-language opera in two acts by Svitlana Azarova. The libretto, based on the 1973 children's book ''Momo'' by Michael Ende, was written by . The opera was commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera ...

; the story of the child, who brought the stolen time back to the people'' full size opera in two acts for large orchestra, choir and soloists. Based on the novel

Momo (novel) ''Momo'', also known as ''The Grey Gentlemen'' or ''The Men in Grey'', is a fantasy novel by Michael Ende, published in 1973. It is about the concept of time and how it is used by humans in modern societies. The full title in German (''Momo oder ...

Michael Ende Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende (12 November 1929 – 28 August 1995) was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy ''The Neverending Story'' (with its 1980s film adaptation and a 1995 animated television ...

; commissioned by the

world premiere 15 October 2017
on the big stage of

Copenhagen Opera House The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen, literally ''The opera'') is the national opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built at a ...

(Holmen).Momo and the Time Thieves - premiere 15th of October 2017
/ref> * 2014 ** ''Hundred thirty one Angstrom'' symphony for large orchestra * 2013 ** ''Concerto Grosso'' for violin, viola solo and string orchestra * 2011 ** '' Mover of the Earth, Stopper of the Sun'' for symphony orchestra (overture), commissioned by ONDIFDutch premiere 1 March 2014 at

Concertgebouw The Royal Concertgebouw ( nl, Koninklijk Concertgebouw, ) is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in ...

, Amsterdam
Movers of the Earth
/ref>September 17, 2015 at S. Lyudkevych Concert Hall,

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

, INSO-Lviv Youth Academic Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anna Skryleva
United by Music
** ''I fell into the sky...'' for viola sol
World premièred
by Emlyn Stam of New European Ensemble * 2010 ** ''Pure thoughts transfixed'' symphony for large orchestra2011-12 Premieres List by Composer
League of American OrchestrasReview: The complex is simply transfixing in a world premiere symphony in New London
he Day (New London) * 2008 ** ''Beyond Context'' for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Polish Institute in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...

Gaude Polonia "Miedzy słowem i dźwiękiem"
/ref> ** ''From this kind...'' for choir, brass and percussion on words by

Oksana Zabuzhko Oksana Stefanivna Zabuzhko ( uk, Окса́на Стефа́нівна Забу́жко) is a Ukrainian novelist, poet, and essayist. Her works have been translated into several languages. She has been accused of relativising the Volhynian Massa ...

* 2007 ** ''300 steps above'' for carillon ** ''Trojaborg'' for solo clarinet ** ''Epices'' for soprano, bass clarinet, trompet, perc., piano, violinLuisterSalon 13 December 2008
/ref> ** ''Un cortado para Michel'' for baroque flute (

traverso The Western concert flute is a family of transverse (side-blown) woodwind instruments made of metal or wood. It is the most common variant of the flute. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist (in British English), flutist (in Ameri ...

) and soundtrack ** ''Onderdrukte Haast'' (Suppressed Haste) for Brass Quintet ** ''On Tuesdays'' for ensemble with words by

Daniil Harms Daniil Ivanovich Kharms (russian: Дании́л Ива́нович Хармс; – 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era Russian avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. Early years Kharms was born as Daniil Yuvache ...

. World premièred by

* 2006 ** ''Sounds from the Yellow Planet'' for ensemble and recordings of throat singing by Khoomei virtuoso Nikolay Oorzhak ** ''Model Citizens'' for violoncello and piano, commissioned by Doris Hochscheid and Frans van RuthDoris Hochscheid
** ''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)Donemus catalogue
/ref>
* 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
/ref> * 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 ** ''Don't go: not now'' for flute, oboe and bassoon ** ''Feet on Fire'' for 2 percussion ** ''Funk Island'' for corno bassetto and piano *2002 ** ''In the Icy Loneliness'' for 2 cellos ** ''Axis of Every Karuss...'' for clarinet, piano and cello
* 2001 ** ''As for the Clot it is Slowly...'' for solo tuba * 2000 ** ''The Dance of Birds'' for string orchestra ** ''Chronometer'' for pianoVojzizka, E. review of ''Chronometer'' i
''Kievskij Telegraf'' #40 13 October 2005, p. 7
/ref> * 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

* Paolo Tortiglione Tortiglione''Svitlana Azarova'' in Semiography and Semiology of Contemporary Music, Edizioni Rugginenti, 2013 * 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'' i
Applaus
#6/2007 p. 32 * Schwarz, S. ''Svitlana Azarova'' in ''Offende Grenzen'' i
Süddeutschen Zeitung
Wochenendeausgabe 30. Juni/1 Juli 2007 * Vojzizka, E. review of ''Chronometer'' i
''Kievskij Telegraf'' #40 13 October 2005, p. 7
* Desiateryk, D. ''Svitlana Azarova'' and ''pass_PORT'' i
Kyiv The Day
#28, Tuesday, 26 October 2004 * Perepelytsya, O. ''Svitlana Azarova'' in ''Contemporary composers of Ukraine'' reference guide-book, Issue 1. Odessa 200
Association New Music
p. 100-101 * Bukkvoll, Tor & Thuesen, Nils Petter. (2014, 8. juni). ''Svitlana Azarova'' in ''Contemporary composers of Ukraine'
Store norske leksikon
Retrieved 14. Dec. 2014.

References

External links

*
Streaming radio programme
from Dutch_public_broadcasting_system#Former_broadcaster, Conzertzender (in Dutch)
Svitlana Azarova — Muziek Centrum Nederland (MCN)
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