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Alissa Firsova (
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: Алиса Фирсова; 24 July 1986) is a Russian-British classical composer, pianist and conductor. Born in
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to the composers
Elena Firsova Elena Olegovna Firsova (russian: link=no, Еле́на Оле́говна Фи́рсова; also ''Yelena'' or ''Jelena Firssowa''; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian composer. Life Firsova was born in Leningrad into the family of physicists Ol ...
and Dmitri Smirnov, she moved to the UK in 1991. In 2001 she won the
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/Guardian/Proms Young Composer Competition with her piano piece "Les Pavots". She graduated from
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as a composer and pianist in 2004, and
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as a pianist in 2009, where she also developed her conducting studies with Paul Brough. In 2009 she entered the Conducting Postgraduate Course in
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under the tuition of
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. Her piano teachers included Tatiana Kantorovich,
Valéria Szervánszky Valéria Szervánszky (born October 1947) is a Hungarian classical pianist, born in Budapest and now a resident of the United Kingdom. Life Szervánszky studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary with Pál Kadosa and ...
, James Gibb, Simon Mulligan,
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, Ian Fountain, and Stephen Kovacevich. Among her composition teachers were Jeoffrey Sharkey, Richard Dubugnon, Jonathan Cole and Simon Speare. She also participated in workshops and master classes with composers
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,
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, Anthony Gilbert,
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, David Matthews, and
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. She had her
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debut in May 2009, followed by a
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debut playing
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'' in the
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festival in August. Her "Bach Allegro", commissioned by
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, was premiered in
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in August 2010 by the
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under
Andrew Litton Andrew Litton (born May 16, 1959, New York City) is an American orchestral conductor. Litton is a graduate of The Fieldston School. He studied piano with Nadia Reisenberg and conducting with Sixten Ehrling at the Juilliard School of Music in New Y ...
. Her solo piano debut CD ''Russian Emigres'' was released by the Vivat label. Alissa's music is featured in a Proms Portrait on 27 August 2015, prior to the world premiere of her "Bergen’s Bonfire" by the
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and
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.


Works

*Op. 1, ''Les Pavots'' for solo piano *Op. 2, ''Strength Through Joy'' for symphony orchestra *Op. 3, ''Three Pieces'' for cello and piano *Op. 4, ''The Entire City'' for string quintet *Op. 5, ''I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in heaven'' for wind and string ensemble *Op. 6, ''Rhapsody'' for solo violin *Op. 7, ''Lyrisches Stuck'' for viola and piano *Op. 8, ''Prophet'' for mixed chorus *Op. 9, ''Expressions'' for clarinet and piano *Op. 10, ''Loss'' for clarinet quintet *Op. 11, ''The Endless Corridor'' for piano *Op. 12, ''Birth of Remembrance'' for flute, clarinet, violin and cello *Op. 13, ''Lune Rouge'' for piano *Op. 14, ''Age of Reason'' for string quartet *Op. 15, ''Celebration'' for clarinet, flute, violin and cello *Op. 16, ''Tamaris'' for two cellos *Op. 17, ''Bluebells'' for piano solo, clarinet, horn, string quartet and percussion (third movement of Family Concerto, In memory of
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– family project) *Op. 18, ''Paradiso'' for string quartet (third movement of "
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" – family project)The commission from the Liverpool University. The whole family project "La Divina Commedia" consists of 3 String Quartets ("Inferno", "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso"), written for Dante String Quartet. Here is more detailed information about th
London premiere
of the piece. *Op. 19, ''Freedom'' (Clarinet Concerto) *Op. 20, ''Zhivago Songs'' to
Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...
's poems for voice and piano *Op. 21, ''Moonlight over the Sea'' based on Munch's painting for solo violin *Op. 22, '' Chateau de Canisy'' for voice and piano *Op. 23, ''Souvenir Melancolique'' for clarinet and horn
''Bach Allegro''
for large symphony orchestra (transcription of the third movement of Bach's 3rd Viola da Gamba Sonata, BWV 1029). Proms Commission 2010. *Op. 24, ''Kubla Khan'' for tenor, bayan, violin and cello (fifth movement of family project) *Op. 25, ''Gallo Variations'' for chamber orchestra *Op. 26, ''Unity'' for bass-baritone and piano *Op. 27, ''Serenade for Strings'' for string orchestra *Op. 28, ''Paradisi Gloria'' for SATB choir a cappella *Op. 29, ''Fantasy'' for cello and piano *Op. 30, ''Stabat Mater'' for SATB choir a cappella *Op. 31, ''Bergen’s Bonfire'' for Symphony Orchestra (Triple winds) *Op. 32, ''Tree of Hope'' for 4 Harps *Op. 33, ''Le Soleil de Conques'' for two solo cellos and string orchestra *Op. 34, ''Bride of the Wind'' for piano-duet *Op. 35, ''Asiago Concerto'' for piano trio and chamber orchestra *Op. 36, ''Tennyson Fantasy'' for string quartet


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External links

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Article in ''The Guardian'' (UK)Article in ''The Observer'' (UK)Article in ''Classica FM'' (Russia)
* Unreleased recording of her performance of her father's Piano Sonata No. 6 ''Blake-Sonata'' (2008), in two movements ** ** {{DEFAULTSORT:Firsova, Alissa 1986 births Living people 20th-century British composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century women composers 21st-century British composers 21st-century classical composers 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century women composers British classical pianists British people of Russian descent British women classical composers Child classical musicians Russian classical composers Russian classical pianists Russian women classical composers Russian women pianists Musicians from Moscow Soviet emigrants to the United Kingdom Women classical pianists Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music 20th-century women pianists 21st-century women pianists