Timur Aleksandrovich Ismagilov (russian: Тиму́р Алекса́ндрович Исмаги́лов; born 27 February 1982) is a Russian Bashkir composer and pianist. In his music he combines various composition techniques with a sustained interest in traditional
Tatar
The Tatars ()Tatar in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different and Bashkir melodic language.
Biography
Timur Ismagilov was born in
Ufa
Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya and Ufa rivers, in the centre-north of Bashkortostan, on hills forming the ...
(
Bashkortostan
The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Respublikahy; russian: Республика Башкортостан, Respublika Bashkortostan),; russian: Респу́блик� ...
, Russia). As a child he taught himself to play all the musical instruments that were available at home: the piano and different types of accordion (
bayan
Bayan may refer to:
Eduational Institutions
* Bayan Islamic Graduate School, Chicago, IL
Places
*Bayan-Aul, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan
*Bayan Mountain, an ancient mountain name for part of Tarbagatai Mountains at Kazakhstan in Qing Dynasty period
*B ...
, talyanka, saratovskaya). He also performed and recorded as a singer of Tatar and Bashkir songs.
Ismagilov started to compose music at the age of 11 and attended Rustem Sabitov's composition class in 1995–2000. He graduated from the Lyceum of
Ufa State Institute of Arts
Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Institute of Arts ( ba, Zağir İsmeğilev isemendeğe Öfö Deület Senğet İnstitutı) is one of the leading academic institutions of higher education of Russia. At the same time it is a unique educational institutio ...
(Lyudmila Alexeeva's piano class). In 2005 he graduated from Alexander Tchaikovsky's composition class at the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
.
In 2005–2008 he took a postgraduate course in the conservatory (academic advisor Alexander Tchaikovsky, scientific advisor Svetlana Savenko). The result was a musicological work titled "DSCH. Sketch of a Monograph about the Monogram". An article based on this study was published in Berlin in 2013.
In 2006 Timur Ismagilov founded the
Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter, group= ( – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet classical pianist. He is frequently regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time,Great Pianists of the 20th Century and has been praised for the "depth of his int ...
's memorial website. He has been organizing contemporary music concerts since 2010, and became one of the composers interviewed by Dmitry Bavilskiy for the book “To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers” (published in 2014). 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
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, link=no, Alfred Garriyevich Shnitke; 24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer of Jewish-German descent. Among the most performed and rec ...
'' for string quartet, piano and celesta, op. 6 (1998, rev. 2022)
* 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'' ( 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)
* ''Fuga Idearum'' for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, op. 50 (2014, 2021–22)
;Vocal music
* ''Four Japanese Poems'' for soprano and piano, op. 7 (1998)
* ''From
Mustai Karim
Mustai Karim ( ba, Мостай Кәрим; born Mustafa Safich Karimov, ba, Мостафа Сафа улы Кәримов; 20 October 1919 – 21 September 2005), was a Bashkir Soviet poet, writer and playwright. He was named People's Poet of t ...
'', diptych for male voice and piano, op. 9 (1999)
* ''The Story of One Picture'' after
Arkady Averchenko
Arkady Timofeevich Averchenko (russian: Арка́дий Тимофе́евич Аве́рченко; 27 March 1881 in Sevastopol – 12 March 1925 in Prague) was a Russian playwright and satirist. He published his stories in the journal ''Satir ...
for male voice, cello, piano, prepared piano and tape, op. 11 (2001)
* ''121,'' vocal cycle after poems by
Dmitry Prigov
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович При́гов, 5 November 1940 in Moscow – 16 July 2007 in MoscowJohn Cage'', op. 12 (2001)
* ''Variations on a Theme of Paganini'', op. 13 (2002, rev. 2003)
* ''24 Preludes'', op. 18 (2005–10)
* ''Yashen'' The title is a transcription of the Bashkir word. ( Bashkir: ''Йәшен'') after the poem by
Rashit Nazarov
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