Evgeni Irshai (Slovak transcription Jevgenij Iršai) (b. 15 January 1951 in Leningrad, now
St. Petersburg) is a Slovak composer.
From 1969 to 1975 he studied at the
Conservatoire in Leningrad. In 1991 he moved to Slovakia and began to work with the theatre and Conservatoire at
Banska Bystrica.
[Marián and Zagar (1998), p. 131] Since 2001 he has been a teacher at the
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava ( sk, Vysoká škola múzických umení v Bratislave, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949.
The university consists of three faculties:
*''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramatu ...
, where he was appointed Professor in 2010.
Irshai's compositions include chamber and orchestral music, including a number of
concertante works. amongst the latter are ''Ma'ariv'' for cello and string orchestra (2013), a meditation on a
Jewish prayer.
["Jevgenij Iršai"]
Music Centre Slovakia website, accessed 26 August 2019.
See also
Irshai, ''Ma'ariv'' played by
Jozef Lupták (cello) and the
Elbląg
Elbląg (; german: Elbing, Old Prussian: ''Elbings'') is a city in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, located in the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 117,390 inhabitants, as of December 2021. It is the capital of Elbląg County.
...
Chamber Orchestra conducted by
Paweł Kotla
Paweł Kotla (born 5 June 1972) is a Polish conductor.
Life and career
Paweł Kotla was born in Szczecin, the son of Ryszard Kotla. He studied at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music for symphony and opera conducting with Boguslaw Madey, and at O ...
(YouTube).
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Slovak composers
Slovak male composers
20th-century composers
21st-century composers
1951 births
Russian male composers
Composers from Saint Petersburg
Living people
Slovak male musicians
Academic staff of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
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