Vladimir Grigoryevich Tarnopolsky (russian: Влади́мир Григо́рьевич Тарнопо́льский, born April 30, 1955 in

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) is a Russian

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Biography

Tarnopolsky studied

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at the Moscow Conservatory with

Nikolai Sidelnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Сиде́льников; June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer. Sidelnikov studied with E. O. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the M ...

and

Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. B ...

and

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with

Yuri Kholopov Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Холóпов, ; August 14, 1932, Ryazan – April 24, 2003, Moscow) was a Russian musicologist and educator. Biography After graduating from Ryazan Music Regional C ...

. He graduated from the conservatory in 1978, and completed post-graduate studies in 1980. Later he became professor of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he became a member of ACM - Association for Contemporary Music. When the association split in two parts, Tarnopolsky became a leader of a splinter group called CCMM - "Centre for Contemporary Music, Moscow" based on 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 ...

. He also ran the ensemble "Studio of New Music". Tarnopolsky is one of the main participants and organizers of the "rccr-projects" founded by

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...

. According to the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation Tarnopolsky is one of the leading representatives of the "soft-power"-politics of

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. He wrote operas, one symphony, concertos, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music.

Compositions

*''Cassandra'' for large ensemble (1991) *''Chevengur'' for voice and ensemble, text by Andrey Platonov (2001) 13' *''Cinderella'' theatrical cantata for children's choir, children's orchestra, 6 narrators and professional ensemble 2003 60' Text: Roald Dahl's "Revolting Rhymes" adapted by Donald Sturrock, premiere: 28 April 2003,

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orchestra and

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, conductor Peter Ash *''Feux follets'', for orchestra (2003) 10' *''Foucault's Pendulum'', for orchestra (2004) 25'

Operas

*''The Three Graces'', an opera-parody in three scenes Text:

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(1988) 45' premiere: April 30, 1988, Bolshoi Hall of Shostakovich Philharmony,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Orchestra and Choir of Culture Ministry USSR, cond.

Gennady Rozhdestvensky Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (russian: Генна́дий Никола́евич Рожде́ственский; 4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. Biography Gennady Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. H ...

*''Wenn die Zeit über die Ufer tritt'' (''When Time Overflows From Its Shores'', opera in three scenes Text: Ralf Günther Mohnnau after

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's '' Three Sisters'', commissioned for the

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,(1999) 90', premiere: April 27, 1999, Münchener Biennale,

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, conductor Ekkehard Klemm

References

*Valeria Tsenova: ''The "

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" of Vladimir Tarnopolsky''; ''List of Vladimir Tarnopolsky's principal works'' in «Ex oriente...II» Nine Composers from the former USSR:

Andrei Volkonsky Prince Andrei Mikhaylovich Volkonsky (also ''Andrey, André, Mikhailovich, Michailovich, Volkonski, Volkonskiy'') (russian: Андрей Михайлович Волконский; 14 February 1933 – 16 September 2008) was a Russian composer of cla ...

Sergei Slonimsky Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Слони́мский; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. Biography He was the son of the Soviet wri ...

, Alemdar Karamanov,

Valentin Silvestrov Valentyn Vasylyovych Sylvestrov ( uk, Валенти́н Васи́льович Сильве́стров; born 30 September 1937) is a Ukrainian composer and pianist, who plays and writes contemporary classical music. Biography Valentyn Vasylyo ...

Nikolai Karetnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (russian: Николáй Николáeвич Карéтников; 28 June 1930 in Moscow – 9 October 1994 in Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground – alternative or nonconformist group in S ...

, Roman Ledenyov, Faraj Karaev, Victor Ekimovsky, Vladimir Tarnopolsky (studia slavica musicologica, Bd. 30), Edited by Valeria Tsenova 245 pp., music illus., English Edition.

External links

Composer’s site
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