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Medyulyanova, Polina (b. April 4, 1974, Tashkent). Uzbek composer of mostly chamber, choral and vocal works that have been performed in Asia and Europe; she is also active as a performer.
Ms. Medyulyanova is the daughter of the conductor Viktor Medyulyanov (b. 1946) and the pianist Natalya Gienko (b. 1944) and granddaughter of the composer Boris Gienko (b. 1917 – d. 2000) and the pianist Tatyana Gienko (b. 1919 – d. 2000). She had music lessons with her grandfather at age four and wrote her first composition at age eight. She then studied composition with Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum in Tashkent, where she graduated in 1992. She later graduated from the Mukhtar Ashrafi Conservatory of Music in Tashkent in 1997 and finished her studies in composition with Felix Yanov-Yanovsky at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent in 1999. She has studied composition with Wim Henderickx and Fabio Nieder, conducting with Sam ten Velden and organ with Jacques van Oortmerssen at the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam since 2005.
Among her honors are Second Prize in the Gaudeamus competition (2003, for Ave Maris Stella), an honor in the Christmas competition of the Fondazione Donne in Musica in Rome (2006, for Three Christmas Carols) and Second Prize in the Fanny Mendelssohn competition in Unna (2006, for Refractions). Her music has been performed in France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and Uzbekistan, including twice at the Gaudeamus Muziekweek (2003–04) and the East Meets West festival in Turin (2003–04).
As a performer, she has played chang (Uzbek string instrument), organ and piano in Germany and Uzbekistan and has been an active participant in the Festival of Modern Music in Tashkent since 1998 and the Ilkhom-XX festival in Tashkent since 1999.
She taught composition at the Khamza College of Music in Tashkent from 1997–2002 and has taught composition at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum since 2002.
Most of her works are held in a fund owned by the Uzbekistan State TV Company in Tashkent.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: gloriya_m@ars-inform.uz or polina_02@mail.ru
Street address: Ms. Polina Medyulyanova, ul. Gogol 69, kv. 10, 700000 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Telephone: + 9987 1133 8588
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Abyss (3 act ballet, scenario by the composer, Alfira Akberdina-Margulis, after Maris Karem), 1997
ORCHESTRAL: Initiation, string orchestra, 1998; Ne'mat (concertino), piano, string orchestra, 1998 (section of Bukhara Notebook; may be performed separately); Concerto, oboe, orchestra, 1999; Ens (symphony, vocalise), mixed chorus, organ, orchestra, 2002; Tiyrok – Lively Piece, 20 strings, 2004; Tendencies (concertino), chang, string orchestra, 2005
CHAMBER MUSIC: Diptych, violin, 1993; Scherzo, viola, 1994; Christmas, string quartet, 1996; Reminiscence, string quartet, 1996; Alla Passamezzo, oboe, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, percussion, 1997; La Manfredina, oboe, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, percussion, 1997; Bahshanda, nay, 'ūd, gijak (Uzbek string instrument), doyra (Uzbek percussion instrument), 1997 (section of Bukhara Notebook; may be performed separately); Stream Mood, marimba, 3 vibraphones (1st + tubular bells), 2003; Whims, piano, percussion, string quartet, 2003; Nachklang, chang, 2003; Trio, violin, cello, piano, 2003–04; Rax – Uzbek Dance, alto saxophone, piano, 2004; Hidden Voices, 4 saxophones, 2004; The Sounding of Time, string quartet, 2005; The Spirit of Time, harp, percussion, 2005; Three Christmas Carols, 3 French horns, 2 B-flat trumpets, bass trombone, tuba, 2006; Short Thoughts, chang, 2006; Espaces (2 pieces), harp, guitar, mandolin, 2006; Obsession, chang, theorbo, 2006
CHORAL: Magnificat, mezzo-soprano/alto, female chorus, string orchestra, 1999; Russian Mass I, child's voice/soprano, mezzo-soprano/alto, tenor, bass, mixed chorus, orchestra, 2000; Orthodox Prayers, female voice, mixed chorus, 2000; Te Deum, 2 mixed choruses, organ, orchestra, 2001; Communion Psalms, female chorus, 2001; Ave regina caelorum, children's chorus, 2001; Wisdom Pearls (text by Ahmad Yasavi), mixed chorus, nay, tanbur, doyra, 2002; Lacrimosa, mezzo-soprano, male chorus, 2 French horns, trombone, tenor-bass trombone, tuba, string orchestra, 2002; Darbrinung (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), male chorus, English horn, percussion, 2002; Missa solemnis, mixed chorus, 2002
VOCAL: Triptych (text by León de Greiff [translated by Sergei Goncharenko]), soprano, flute, violin, piano, 1992; Cantata (text by Tadeusz Różewicz [translated by Mikhail P. Kudinov, A. Basilevsky, I. Verstuk, Nikolai Glazkov, Leonid Cherevichnik]), baritone, large orchestra, 1993; A Notebook from Polish Poetry (texts by Anna Świerczyńska, Tadeusz Różewicz, Miron Białoszewski [translated by A. Basilevsky, Vadim Perelmuter, Yury Morits]), female voice, piano, 1993–94; Karunka – The Lace (vocalise), folk voice, 2 flutes, triangle, 1995; David's Psalms (song-cycle, texts from Psalms 8, 25-26, 76, 85, 114 [Russian translations]), countertenor, string quartet, 1996; Bukhara Notebook, 1996–98 (each of its three sections may be performed separately: Iltijo [vocalise], tenor, 5 percussion, 1996; Bahshanda; Ne'mat); Ave Maria (song-cycle, text from the Ave Maria [also Italian, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Polish, English translations]), 2 sopranos, 2 mezzo-sopranos, alto, alto flute, oboe, bassoon, French horn, string quartet, double bass, organ, 2 percussion, 1999; Revelatio (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, tenor, flute, 'ūd, percussion, string orchestra, 2000; Ave Maris Stella, child's voice/soprano, oboe, chang, string orchestra, 2000; Initium (text by Osip Mandelstam), mezzo-soprano, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2001
VOCAL: Concerto (vocalise), child's voice, soprano, organ, percussion, string orchestra, 2002; Three Antiphons (texts from Latin religious sources), mezzo-soprano, trumpet, organ, 2003; Musik der Einsamkeit (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), mezzo-soprano, piano, 2003; Augenblicke (song-cycle, text by Rainer Maria Rilke), bass, violin, cello, 2003–04; Litanae Laurentanae (text from Latin liturgy), tenor, string orchestra, 2004; The Cantos (text by Dan Albertson), soprano, chang, violin, cello, 2004; Visionary (vocalise), soprano, piano, 2004; Gedenkenmasse (texts from the Mass, the Song of Solomon [German translations]), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass, clarinet, string quartet, 2004; Augenblick der Seele (song-cycle, text by Rainer Maria Rilke), female voice, piano, 2005; Der Weg zur Ewigkeit (song-cycle, text by Rainer Maria Rilke), mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, 2005; Wiegenlied (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), female voice, piano, 2006
PIANO: Album, 1992–97; Sonnet, 2 pianos, 1998; Album, 2 pianos, 2002; Installations, 2002; No Comments (2 pieces), 2 pianos, 2005
ORGAN: Drei kleine Musikstücke für Orgel, 2001; Refractions (fantasy on Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme), 2006
(Last updated on November 6, 2006)
