Sofia Gubaidulina

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Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Tatar Saniya Äsğät qızı Ğobäydullina, Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (24 October 1931-13 March 2025) is a Soviet-Tatar composer. Lives in Germany since 1991. Gubaidulina was born in Chistopol, in the Tatar Republic. She studied composition and piano at the Kazan Conservatory, graduating in 1954. In Moscow she undertook further studies at the Conservatory with Nikolay Peyko until 1959, and then with Shebalin until 1963. During her studies in Soviet Russia, her music was labeled "irresponsible" for its exploration of alternate tunings. She was supported, however, by Dmitri Shostakovich, who in evaluating her final examination encouraged her to continue down her "mistaken path". In the mid-1970s Gubaidulina founded Astreja, a folk-instrument improvisation group with fellow composers Victor Suslin and Vyacheslav Artyomov. In the early 1980s Gubaidulina became better known abroad through Gidon Kremer's championing of her violin concerto Offertorium. She later composed a homage to T. S. Eliot, using the text from the poet's spiritual masterpiece Four Quartets. In 2000 Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Tan Dun, Osvaldo Golijov, and Wolfgang Rihm, was commissioned by the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart project to write a piece for the Passion 2000 project in commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach. Her contribution was the Johannes-Passion. In 2002 she followed this by the Johannes-Ostern ("Easter according to John"), commissioned by Hannove

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Seven Words, Silenzio, In Croc

GUBAIDULINA: Seven Words / Silenzio / In Croce

Gubaidulina: Complete String Quartets

Russische Kammermusik - C

Sofia Gubaidulina

Gubaidulina, S.: Piano Music (Complete)

Sofia Gubaidulina – Dialog: Ich und Du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the End

Gubaidulina: In The Mirror - 3 Works, 3 Genres, 3 Epochs

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Gubaidulina: Offertorium

Gubaidulina: Stimmen … Verstummen / Stupeni (Steps)

The Canticle of the Sun

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