Sergej Pavlovich Newski (Сергей Павлович Невский), born 10 October 1972, is a Russian composer.

Life

Born in Moscow, Nevsky studied

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at the Moscow Conservatory. He then continued his studies at the

Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber The Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber (Carl Maria von Weber College of Music; also/formerly known as Dresden Conservatory or Dresden Royal Conservatory) is a university of music in Dresden, Germany. History The Hochschule opened ...

Dresden with

Jörg Herchet Jörg Herchet (born 20 September 1943) is a German composer. Life Born in Dresden, Herchet grew up as the son of a driver and a worker in modest circumstances. As a pupil he received recorder and cello lessons, later piano and singing lessons. ...

and at the

Berlin University of the Arts The Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK; also known in English as the Berlin University of the Arts), situated in Berlin, Germany, is the largest art school in Europe. It is a public art and design school, and one of the four research universiti ...

with Friedrich Goldmann. There, he additionally studied music theory and

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with Hartmut Fladt from 2000 to 2005. Nevsky's music will be performed at the

Donaueschinger Musiktage The Donaueschingen Festival (german: Donaueschinger Musiktage, links=no) is a festival for new music that takes place every October in the small town of Donaueschingen in south-western Germany. Founded in 1921, it is considered the oldest festiv ...

s, the

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, Eclat festivals, among others,

MaerzMusik MaerzMusik is a festival of the Berliner Festspiele and has been held annually since 2002 in March at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and other venues. It is the successor festival to the Musik-Biennale Berlin and is considered one of the most im ...

, , and Warsaw Autumn. He has received commissions from the Konzerthaus Berlin, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the

Staatstheater Stuttgart The Staatstheater Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Theatre) is a theatre with three locations, Oper Stuttgart (Opera Stuttgart), Stuttgarter Ballett (Stuttgart Ballet), and Schauspiel Stuttgart (Stuttgart Drama Theatre), in Stuttgart, Germany. The s ...

, the Opergruppa (for the

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), the Klangforum Wien,

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and the Südwestrundfunk. His opera ''Franziskus'' premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow in September 2012. In February 2020, his music theatre ''Secondhand-Zeit''

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d at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.

Awards and scholarships

* Berliner Kunstpreis (2014). * Golden Mask (2014). * Stipendium Villa Aurora in Los Angeles (2014). * 1st prize in the composition competition of the state capital Stuttgart (2006). * Deutsche Akademie Casa Baldi (2005). * Cité internationale des arts Paris (2001/02).

Compositions

Stage work

* 2021 music performance »Die Einfachen« (stage director and video artist Ilya Shagalov), Stuttgart, Venice, Berlin * ''Secondhand-Zeit'' (2018/19) based on texts from the eponymous novel by Svetlana Alexievich * ''Francis'' (2008-2012) chamber opera in four scenes based on the play "Saint Francis" by Claudius Luenstedt. * ''Autland'' (2008/09) for six soloists and mixed chamber choir

Orchestral work

* ''18 Episodes for Orchestra'' (2018/19) * ''Heath'' (2018) for viola and string orchestra * ''Cloud Ground'' (2015) for violin and Orchestra

Work for ensemble

* ''Letter to H. Marx'' (2018) for baritone and 14 instruments * ''Galileo: Messenger'' (2017) for violin and 14 instruments * ''Rules of Love'' (2012/13) for soprano, low alto and five instrumentalists * ''Opening Gesture'' (2011) for solo violin, five percussionists and chamber orchestra * ''Working Surface'' (2011) for solo percussion, solo piano, solo tuba and three instrumentalists * ''Alles'' (2008) for speaker and eight instrumentalists * ''Fluss'' (2003/05) for voice and ensemble

Vocal work

* ''Island'' (2011). Three pieces for mixed choir, accordion and percussion to ''

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'' by

Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist. Biography Hebbel was born at Wesselburen in Dithmarschen, Holstein, the son of a bricklayer. He was educated at the ''Gelehrtenschule des Johanneu ...

. * ''Dolze mio drudo'' (2010). Scenic cantata for five voices, three brass groups and noise instruments. Alternative scoring: madrigal for five voices and four trombones ad libitum. Text:

Friedrich II Frederick II, Frederik II or Friedrich II may refer to: * Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194–1250), King of Sicily from 1198; Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 * Frederick II of Denmark (1534–1588), king of Denmark and Norway 1559–1588 * Frede ...

* ''What flee hare and hedgehog.... ''. (2004) for six voices. Text

Einar Schleef Einar Schleef (17 January 1944 – 21 July 2001) was a German dramatist, director, set designer, writer, painter, photographer, and actor. Life Schleef was born and raised in Sangerhausen, a small town in the South East of Germany. An industria ...

* ''Generator'' (2001/02) for four vocal soloists. * ''Vray dieu d'amours'' (2007). for bass and alto voice. Text

Matthaeus Pipelare Matthaeus Pipelare ( – ) was a Netherlandish composer, choir director, and possibly wind instrument player of the Renaissance. He was from Louvain, and spent part of his early life in Antwerp. Unlike many of his contemporaries, many of whom t ...

Chamber music

* ''Wut'' (2013) for flute, cello, percussion and piano * Tcas' (2011/12) for violin and five strings * ''channel surfing'' (2010) for alto saxophone, accordion and double bass * String quartet no. 3 (2009) * ''blind alphabet'' (2007) for various instrumentations

References

External links

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Biografie und Werkverzeichnis beim Ricordi Verlag

* ttp://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/russland-eine-ideologie-aber-keine-kuenstler-dafuer.954.de.html?dram:article_id=283550 Interview auf Deutschlandradio Kultur
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newski, Sergej Pavlovich Russian male classical composers 21st-century classical composers Russian opera composers 1972 births Living people Composers from Moscow Pupils of Friedrich Goldmann 21st-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni Berlin University of the Arts alumni