(b. 4 April 1974, Tashkent).
Uzbek composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Asia and Europe.
Ms. Medyulyanova is the daughter of the conductor Viktor Medyulyanov (b. 1946) and the pianist Natalya Gienko (b. 1944 – d. 2014) and the granddaughter of the composer Boris Gienko (b. 1917 – d. 2000) and the pianist Tatyana Gienko (b. 1919 – d. 2000). She began music lessons with her grandfather at age four and began composing at age eight. She 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 studied composition with Felix Yanov-Yanovsky at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, where she graduated in 1999. She later studied composition with Wim Henderickx and Fabio Nieder, conducting with Sam ten Velden and organ with Jacques van Oortmerssen at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam from 2005–09.
Among her honours are Second Prize in the competition of the Internationale Gaudeamus Muziekweek in Amsterdam (2003, for Ave Maris Stella), a prize in the competition for Christmas of the Fondazione Donne in Musica in Rome (2006, for Three Christmas Carols) and Zweiter Preis in the competition Fanny Mendelssohn in Unna (2006, for Refractions). Her music has been performed in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, and Uzbekistan.
She is also active in other positions. As a performer, she has played chang (hammered dulcimer from Central Asia), organ and piano in Germany and Uzbekistan and was an active participant in the annual festival for contemporary music Ilkhom-XX in Tashkent from 1999–2005.
She taught composition at the Khamza State Music College in Tashkent from 1997–2002 and composition at the Uspensky Academic Lyceum from 2002–05.
In addition to the works listed below, she has made several arrangements.
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Abyss (ballet in 3 acts, scenario by the composer, Alfira Akberdina-Margulis, after Maris Karem), 1997
...Sorry (incidental music, play by Alexander Galin), 1997
ORCHESTRAL:
Initiation, string orchestra, 1998
Ne'mat (concertino), piano, string orchestra, 1998 (section of Bukhara Notebook; may be performed separately)
Abstractions, string orchestra, 1998
Concerto, oboe, orchestra, 1999
Ens (symphony, vocalise), mixed chorus, organ, orchestra, 2002
Dard – Scream, string orchestra, 2002
Tiyrok – Lively Piece, 20 strings, 2004
From You, soprano saxophone, string orchestra, 2004
Tendencies (concertino), chang, string orchestra, 2005
Gotcha, alto saxophone, piano, string orchestra, 2009
Casaccia, small orchestra, 2010
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Three Pieces, string quartet, 1993
Diptych, violin, 1994
Scherzo, viola, 1994
Christmas, string quartet, 1996
Reminiscence, string quartet, 1996
Two Reminiscences, harp, string quartet, 1997
Alla Passamezzo, oboe, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, percussion, 1997
La Manfredina, oboe, trumpet, cello, harpsichord, percussion, 1997
Bahshanda, ney (flute from the Middle East), oud (lute from the Middle East), ghijak (spike lute from Central Asia), dayereh (frame drum from Central Asia), 1997 (section of Bukhara Notebook; may be performed separately)
Stream Mood, 3 vibraphones (1st + tubular bells), marimba, 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
Obsession, theorbo, chang, 2006
Espaces (2 pieces), harp, guitar, mandolin, 2007
Akssado – Divine Light, flute, qanun (zither from the Middle East), double bass, 2007
Depth Perception, ensemble, 2008
Cheruvimskaya and Ektenia, brass, organ, 2009
Ditty for Emilian, alto saxophone, cello, piano, 2010
Hallucination I, soprano saxophone, 2011
Like Qo'qoncha..., duduk (oboe from Armenia), 2011
Hallucination II, viola, 2011
Hallucination III, violin, 2015
CHORAL:
Cycle (text by Afanasy Fet), female chorus, 1994
A Notebook from French Poetry (text by Jules Supervielle), male chorus, 1994
Song of the Elf (text by John Keats), children's chorus, piano, 1994
Song, mixed chorus, 1994
Magnificat, mezzo-soprano/alto, female chorus, string orchestra, 1999
Russian Mass, 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 cælorum, children's chorus, 2001
Pearls of Wisdom (text by Ahmad Yasavi), mixed chorus, ney, tanbur (lute from the Middle East), dayereh, 2002
Lacrimosa, mezzo-soprano, male chorus, 2 French horns, trombone, tenor-bass trombone, tuba, string orchestra, 2002
Darbringung (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), male chorus, English horn, percussion, 2002
Missa solemnis, mixed chorus, 2002
Ofiyat – Cleansing (text from the wedding song Yor-yor from Uzbekistan), 12 mixed voices, 2008
Rejoice (cantata), mixed chorus, percussion, 2008
Roundelay, alto, tenor, bass, 2008
Hohes Lied der Liebe (cantata, text from the Song of Solomon [German translation]), mezzo-soprano, speaker, mixed chorus, string orchestra, 2009
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. Vasilevsky, I. Verstuk, Nikolay Glazkov, Leonid Cherevichnik]), baritone, large orchestra, 1993
A Notebook from Polish Poetry (texts by Anna Świrszczyńska, Tadeusz Różewicz, Miron Białoszewski [translated by A. Vasilevsky, Vadim Perelmuter, Yuri Morits]), female voice, piano, 1993–94
Karunka – The Lace (vocalise), folk voice from Uzbekistan, 2 flutes, triangle, 1995
David's Psalms (song-cycle, texts from Psalm 8, Psalm 25, Psalm 26, Psalm 76, Psalm 85, Psalm 114 [all Russian translations]), countertenor, string quartet, 1996
Musica Humana (text by Jules Supervielle), baritone, flute, guitar, violin, percussion, 1996
Bukhara Notebook, 1996–98 (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, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, organ, 2 percussion, 1999
Elegy (text by Alexander Pushkin), bass, clarinet, 1999
Hitgalut – Revelation (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, tenor, flute, oud, 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
Concerto (vocalise), child's voice, soprano, organ, percussion, string orchestra, 2002
Three Antiphons (texts from Latin liturgy), 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
Litanæ Laurentanæ (text from Latin liturgy), tenor, string orchestra, 2004
The Cantos (text by Dan Albertson), soprano, chang, violin, cello, 2004
Visionary (vocalise), soprano, piano, 2004
Gedenkenmesse (texts from the Mass, the Song of Solomon [both 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
Schrei (fantasy, text by Rainer Maria Rilke), female voice, piano, 2006
Ties (text by Dan Albertson), soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, piano, 2007
Two Songs (Wunsch–Vom Fluss) (text by Tina Stroheker), soprano, piano, 2007
Allegories (song-cycle, text from the Book of Psalms), baritone, large orchestra, 2007
Lo Sguardo al passato (text by Francesco Petrarca), mezzo-soprano, pan flute, duduk, qanun, erhu (violin from China), viola da gamba, double bass, percussion, fixed media, 2010
Ewige Ruhe II, countertenor, ensemble, 2011
The Cradle Song (text by William Blake), female voice, guitar, violin, 2014
Trilogy (text by David Bernstein), soprano, string quartet, 2011–15
Una Tarde de Verano (text from a traditional source from Spain), female voice, guitar, violin, 2015
Advent (text by Rainer Maria Rilke), mezzo-soprano, viola, piano, 2015
PIANO:
Album Pieces for Children, 1986
Suite in Twelve Movements, 1986
Sonata, 1988
Heidelberg, 1996 (also version for 2 pianos, 2002)
Bukhara, 1997
Sonata, 2 pianos, 1998
Album, 2 pianos, 2002
Thirteen Installations, 2002
Three Christmas Carols, piano 4 hands, 2006
ORGAN:
Drei Kleine Musikstücke für Orgel, 2001
Refractions (fantasy on Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 by Johann Sebastian Bach), 2006
Schepping, 2007
Floraison, 2010