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Kasparov, Yuri (b. June 8, 1955, Moscow). Russian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and vocal works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Kasparov graduated from the Moscow Power Institute in 1978 and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1984, where he had post-graduate studies in composition with Edison Denisov from 1984–91.
His honors include First Prize in the All-Union competition in Moscow (1985, for Symphony No. 1, 'Guernica'), First Prize in the Guido d'Arezzo competition (1989, for Ave Maria) and Grand Prix in the Henri Dutilleux competition (1996, for Effet de nuit). He also earned an honorable mention from the Accademia Musicale Pescarese (1999, for Reminiscence) and he was given the title Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the government of France (2008). He has received commissions from the CORE Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, the Orchestre Symphonique de Tours, Radio France, the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, and the Tage für Neue Musik Zürich, among other ensembles, festivals and orchestras.
Mr. Kasparov is also active in other positions. He worked as musical editor-in-chief of the Russian State Central Studio of Documentary Films in Moscow from 1985–89. He founded the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1990 and has since served as its artistic director. He is a founding member of the organizing committee of the Russian Association for Contemporary Music, as well as deputy chairman of the International Association of Composers' Organizations.
He has taught instrumentation as a professor at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow since 2005.
Alphonse Leduc, Le Chant du Monde and Éditions Billaudot publish some of his works.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: kasparov@orc.ru
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Nevermore (mono-opera, libretto by Edgar Allan Poe), baritone, small orchestra (17 players), 1992; The end of ideas is nigh! (interactive opera, libretto by Sergey Volchenko), soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Symphony No. 1, 'Guernica', large orchestra (96 players), 1984; Symphony No. 2, 'Kreutzer-Sinfonie', large orchestra (80 players), 1987; Linkos (sequence), 1988; Diffusion, off-stage tuba, 3 orchestral groups (29 total players), 1988; Concerto, oboe, orchestra (3 flutes, 3 clarinets, 3 trombones, harp, banjo, organ, amplified harpsichord [+ prepared piano, celesta], 6 percussion, 26 strings), 1988; Genesis (Microsymphony), 1989; Silencium (Chamber Symphony No. 1), small orchestra (14 players), 1989; Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme), small orchestra (16 players), 1990; Of Eternal Peace (chamber concerto), bassoon, small orchestra (14 players), 1992; Logos – Concerto for Orchestra, 1993; Touching (Chamber Symphony No. 2), small orchestra (16 players), 1995; Seven Illusory Images of Memory, small orchestra (16 players), 1995; Concerto, bassoon, orchestra, 1996; The World as It Is (musical picture), large orchestra (91 players), 1997; Beyond Time (Variations on Denisov's theme), small orchestra (14 players), 1998; Concerto, cello, large orchestra (70 players), 1998; Symphony No. 3, 'L'Ecclésiaste', 1999; DSCH-Meditation, organ, 20 strings, 2000; The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, large orchestra, 2002
ORCHESTRAL: Les Symboles de Picasso, small orchestra (12 players), 2003; Castles in the Air, flute orchestra (24 players), 2003; C'est la vie (concerto), flute, large orchestra (67 players), 2003; Obélisque (concerto), organ, large orchestra (70 players), 2005; Le cauchemar de nuit de l'agent Fix (plaisanterie musical d'après Jules Verne), string orchestra, 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC: Epitaph in Memory of Alban Berg, oboe, harp, violin, percussion, 1988; Invention, string quartet, 1989; Sonata-Infernale, bassoon, 1989; Sketch of a picture with collage, trumpet, violin, piano, 1990; Variations, clarinet, piano, 1990; Postludio, harp, 1990; Cantus Firmus, violin, 1990; Landscape fading into infinity, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 1991; Goat Song, bassoon, double bass, percussion, 1991; Notturno, clarinet, violin, piano, 1991; Chaconne, bassoon, cello, live electronics, 1992; Schoenberg's Space, violin, cello, piano, 1993; Briefly about a serious matter, trombone, organ, 1994; Game of Gale, tenor saxophone, piano, marimba, 1995; 12 Samples of Interrelations between bassoon, 8 double basses and 8 kettledrums, 1996; Chorale, 4 double basses, 1997; Scrappy Reflections, cello, piano, percussion, 1997; Gas-Bag, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, 1997; Crossthoughts, bassoon, 4 celli, 1998; Light and Shade – Setting off (Chamber Symphony No. 3), oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1999; Concertando con forza tanta, cello, piano, 1999; Ghost of Music, clarinet, bassoon, organ, percussion, 2002; Lullaby for Sonia Marmeladoff, harp, string quartet, 2004; Hommage à Honegger, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, string quartet, 2005; Dialogue with commentaries, double bass, piano, 2005
CHORAL: Ave Maria, 12 mixed voices, violin, organ, vibraphone, 1989
VOCAL: Stabat Mater, soprano, string quartet, 1991; A dream (text by Edgar Allan Poe), soprano, organ, 1996; Effet de nuit (text by Paul Verlaine), bass-baritone, clarinet, French horn, cello, piano, vibraphone, 1996; Trois Fables de Jean de La Fontaine, bass-baritone, oboe, clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, percussion, 1997; The Magic Violin (text by Nikolay Gumilyov), mezzo-soprano, tape, 2001
PIANO: Reminiscence, piano, tape, 1993; Quintessence, 2003
ORGAN: Credo, 1990; La Bonne Humeur de Monsieur Degeyter (musical joke), 2000; The Lesson of Democracy. Teacher and Pupil (musical joke), 2002; Lontano, organ, tape, 2005
DISCOGRAPHY
Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme). Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga: MK 417036, 1991)
Notturno. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 282, 1991)
Epitaph in Memory of Alban Berg. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 283, 1991)
Sonata-Infernale. Valery Popov, bassoon (Olympia: OCD 295, 1992)
Ave Maria; Concerto (oboe); Genesis (Microsymphony); Invention; Linkos; Stabat Mater. Vladimir Ponkin/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble; Moscow Symphony Cinema Orchestra (Olympia: OCD 296, 1992)
Goat Song. Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Olympia: OCD 297, 1992)
Landscape fading into infinity; Nevermore (overture); Credo; Cantus Firmus; Variations; Postludio; Silencium (Chamber Symphony No. 1). Oleg Tantzov, clarinet; Olga Eldarova, harp; Maria Khodina, violin; Natalya Savinova, cello; Viktor Yampolsky, piano; Kirill Umansky, organ; Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 288 060/CM 210, 1993)
Devil's Trills (Variations on Tartini's theme); A dream; Light and Shade – Setting off (Chamber Symphony No. 3); 12 Samples of Interrelations between bassoon, 8 double basses and 8 kettledrums; Reminiscence; Seven Illusory Images of Memory. Ekaterina Kichigina, soprano; Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon; Mikhail Dubov, piano; Ludmila Golub, organ; Viktor Grishin, Igor Prokopov, timpani; Mark Kadin/Double Bass Octet of Rustem Gabdullin; Alexei Vinogradov/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 2781120, 2000)
(Last updated on April 8, 2008)
