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Sofia Gubaidulina

Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music.

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".

Gubaidulina's first internationally known piece was her violin concerto "Offertorium", made popular in the West by Gidon Kremer, to whom it was dedicated. 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.

Gubaidulina was a co-founder and performer in Astreja, an improvisational group which employs Russian and Tatar folk instruments.

Table of contents
1 Quotations
2 Works
3 Discography
4 External links

Quotations

Works

Discography

External links