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Tsepkolenko, Karmella (b. February 20, 1955, Odessa). Ukrainian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano, organ, and multimedia works that have been performed throughout Europe and in the USA.
Prof. Tsepkolenko studied composition with Aleksandr Kogan and piano with Grigory Buchynsky and Yelena Pannikova at the Pyotr Stoliarsky Special Music School in Odessa from 1962-73. She then studied composition with Aleksandr Krasotov and piano with Lyudmyla Ginzburg at the Odessa State A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy from 1973-79 and later with Gennady Tsypin at the Moscow Pedagogic University, where she earned her PhD in music pedagogy in 1990. In addition, she attended Darmstadt in 1992 and 1994 and Bayreuth in 1993.
Among her many honors are Third Prize in the USSR All-Union Student Spring Festival in Yerevan (1978), Second Prize in the USSR All-Union Composers Competition in Moscow (1978) and an honorable mention in the Carl-Maria-von-Weber Competition in Dresden (1983, for Glorification of the Four Elements). In addition, she has twice received the Prize of the Rendezvous International du Piano en Creuse in France (1990, for Tonocolori from the book Artistic Games; 1993), as well as the Boris Lyatoshynsky National Prize (2001) and a mention in the Tvoi Imena Odessa Competition (2002).
She has also received numerous fellowships, including ones from the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (1995), the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (1996), the Brahms-Haus-Stiftung (1996), the International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine, 1996), and the National Endowment for the Arts (1996), as well as grants from KulturKontakt (Austria) and Pro Helvetia (Switzerland). She has served residencies in Germany at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn (1998), the Worpswede Künstlerhäuser (2000) and the Künstlerinnenhof die HÖGE near Bremen (2002-03).
Her music has been heard throughout Europe and in Japan and the USA at numerous prestigious festivals, including the Wien Modern (1997), the ISCM World Music Days (1999, Bucharest; 2001, Yokohama) and the Summer Garden in New York (2000).
Prof. Tsepkolenko is also active in other positions. In 1995, she founded the festival Two Days and Two Nights of New Music in Odessa and has since served as its artistic director. She has served as president of the Association New Music in Odessa, the Ukrainian section of ISCM, and as one of its delegates to ISCM since 1997. She has also organized numerous festivals of new music, often with multimedia aspects.
With Aleksandr Perepelytsya, she wrote the book Artistic Games (1990). She has also written numerous articles, including many about her teaching methods.
She has been Professor of Composition at the Odessa State A.V. Nezhdanova Music Academy since 1980 and has led an annual workshop for pianists in Biel since 2001.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: karmella@paco.net
Street address: Prof. Karmella Tsepkolenko, 9 Uspensky Lane, Apt. 1, 65045 Odessa, Ukraine
Telephone/fax: + 3804 8226 1689
Website: http://www.anm.odessa.ua
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Dorian's Fate (2 act chamber opera, libretto by Sergey Stupak), soprano, soprano/countertenor, tenor, baritone, bass, small orchestra (14 players), 1989; Zwischen zwei Feuern (mono-opera, libretto by the composer, Sergey Stupak, after Hermann Hesse), female voice, bass clarinet/tenor saxophone, 4 percussion, 1994; Konzert der Vögel (music theatre work, text by Dzevad Karahasan), soprano, alto, bass-baritone, flute, clarinet, viola, percussion, 1996 (collaboration with Jonas Bohlin, Arsen Dedic, Violeta Dinescu, Johannes Kern, Mats Larson, Christian Ofenbauer, Petr Pokorny, Werner Radishnig)
ORCHESTRAL: Symphonic Poem, 1979; Symphonic Diptych, 1981; Concerto-Drama, piano, orchestra, 1987; Memorial Symphony, 1988; Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1, piano, string orchestra, 1990; Chamber Symphony No. 3, small orchestra, 2001-02
CHAMBER MUSIC: Divertissement, violin ensemble, piano, 1980; Glorification of the Four Elements, string quartet, 1982; History of the Flute-Puritan, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord, 1983; Theatre Sonata, clarinet, piano, 1986; Trio, clarinet, bassoon, piano, 1986; Viy, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1987; Landscape with Oboe, oboe, piano, 1987; Saxophone Quartet, 4 saxophones, 1988; Chronicle of One Event, cello, piano, 1988; Black Moon Cycle, violin, piano, 1991; Night Preference – Card Game No. 3, flute/clarinet, cello, piano/organ, percussion, 1991; Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1, violin, cello, piano, 1992; Infinitely Identical Suns, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, 1992; Duel-Duo No. 1, trumpet, tuba, 1993; Duel-Duo No.2, violin, cello, 1993; Duel-Duo No. 3, trumpet, organ, 1993; Far from the Crowd, accordion/bayan, 1994; Ca-Ri-N Sounds, flute, 1995; Duel-Duo No. 4, oboe, piano, 1995; Duel-Duo No. 5, violin, accordion, 1995; Feeling of Solitude, oboe, 1995; From Corner to Corner, 3 double basses, 1995; Duel-Duo No. 6, 2 violas, 1997
CHAMBER MUSIC: Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder, tenor saxophone, double bass, accordion, percussion, 1998; Duel-Duo No. 7, clarinet, piano, 1998; Im Träumen…und hier unten auf der Erde, flute, cello, piano, 1998; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist... (chamber symphony), flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, string quartet, double bass, piano, 2 percussion, 1999; Ten Transformations into Nothing, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, accordion, percussion, 1999 (also version for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, percussion, 2002); Solo-Solissimo No. 1, violin, 1999; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf, clarinet (+ bass clarinet, percussion), cello (+ percussion), piano (+ voice), 2000; Solo-Momento No. 2, percussion, 2002; Cabin for Eight, flute (+ alto flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), tenor saxophone (+ soprano saxophone), violin, viola, cello, piano (+ toy piano), percussion, 2002; Duel-Duo No. 8, recorders (1 player), piccolo (+ dizi, alto flute, flute), 2003
VOCAL: Bad Weather (song-cycle, text by Alla Nizhegorodtsyeva), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1978; Nine Reflections on Two Worlds (text by Vladimir Razhnikov), voice, small orchestra (16 players), 1982; Expectation of Changes (song-cycle, text by Vladimir Razhnikov), mezzo-soprano, piano, 1984; Grief about a Skomorokh (cantata, text by Vladimir Razhnikov), mezzo-soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord, 1987; Aum-Quintet (vocalise), mezzo-soprano, tenor saxophone, violin, cello, piano, 1993; Ausgang (cantata, texts by Pavel Tychyna, Aleksandr Blok, Theodor Fontane, Guillaume Apollinaire, E.E. Cummings), female voice, clarinet, piano, accordion, 1996; Drei Stücke (text by Rainer Brambach), bass-baritone, piano, 1997; Hinter dem Horizont (text by Matthias Kneip), soprano, double bass, piano, percussion, 2003
PIANO: Sonata, 1980; Mechanical Songs, 2 pianos, 1981; Children's Pieces, 2 pianos, 1981; Meetings with Memory, 1985; Tonocolori, 1991; Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2, 1991; Children's Pieces, 1992; Paysage Solo, 1995; Out of the Blues, 1997; Solo-Solissimo No. 2, piano right hand, 2001; Solo-Momento No. 1, 2001
ORGAN: Is that Light that is in You not Darkness?, 1992
MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE: Wandering in a Triangular Space (performance), violin, viola, cello, marimba, 1994; Princess (performance), piccolo (+ flute, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass flute), string quartet, 1996; Self-Reflection No. 1 (performance), piano, tape, 1996; Self-Reflection No. 2 (performance), tape, 1997; Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück, accordion (+ voice, percussion), film (by Christoph Lingg), 2000
DISCOGRAPHY
Dorian's Fate; Aum-Quintet; Infinitely Identical Suns. Svetlana Dushka, Inna Malazha, sopranos; Lyudmyla Voynarovska, mezzo-soprano; Femmi Mustafayev, tenor; Valery Burmister, baritone; Taras Konoshenko, bass; Yuri Vasylevych, tenor saxophone; Konstantyn Kharuk, violin; Lolita Kharnichenko, cello; Yelena Dmitriyeva, piano; ensemble für neue musik zürich; Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 1994)
Dorian's Fate; Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Aum-Quintet. Svetlana Dushka, Inna Malazha, sopranos; Lyudmyla Voynarovska, mezzo-soprano; Femmi Mustafayev, tenor; Valery Burmister, baritone; Taras Konoshenko, bass; Yuri Vasylevych, tenor saxophone; Konstantyn Kharuk, violin; Lolita Kharnichenko, cello; Yelena Dmitriyeva, piano; Valery Matiukhin, Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 1994)
Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1; Night Preference – Card Game No. 3; Far from the Crowd; Saxophone Quartet. Ivan Yergiyev, bayan; Frescos Contemporary Music Ensemble; Kyiv Saxophone Quartet; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 1995)
Self-Reflections Nos. 1-2; Duel-Duos Nos. 4-6; Ca-Ri-N Sounds; Out of the Blues. Carin Levine, flute; Peter Veale, oboe; Paul Silverthorne, Andriy Vizhtovych, violas; James Avery, Karmella Tsepkolenko, Marcel Worms, pianos; Duo Cadence (Association New Music, 1998)
Ca-Ri-N Sounds. Carin Levine, flute (Association New Music, 1998)
Ausgang; Solo-Solissimo No. 1; Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder; Duel-Duo No. 7; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist... Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin; Klangheimlich; Wiener Collage; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 2000)
Ausgang; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Solo-Solissimo No. 1. Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin; Klangheimlich; Wiener Collage; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 2000)
Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder. Wiener Collage (Association New Music, 2001)
Solo-Solissimo No. 1; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist...; Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück; Ausgang. Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin; Ivan Yergiyev, accordion, percussion; Klangheimlich; Valery Matiukhin/Camerata Kyiv (Association New Music, 2001)
Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2; Paysage Solo; Out of the Blues; Self-Reflections Nos. 1-2. Werner Barho, piano (Sargasso, 2002)
Dorian's Fate; Zwischen zwei Feuern; Concerto-Drama; Memorial Symphony; Symphonic Diptych; Alles, ausser – was noch alles ist...; Parallels – Chamber Symphony No. 1; Ausgang; Grief about a Skomorokh; History of the Flute-Puritan; Aum-Quintet; Infinitely Identical Suns; Die Tür sperrangelweit auf; Wenn die Kette zerrisse, fände sie bestimmt nicht alle Perlen wieder; Princess; Saxophone Quartet; Glorification of the Four Elements; Trio; Duel-Duos Nos. 1-2, 4-7; Royal Flush – Card Game No. 1; Evening Solitaire – Card Game No. 2; Night Preference – Card Game No. 3; Drei Stücke; Expectation of Changes; Black Moon Cycle; Self-Reflections Nos. 1-2; Far from the Crowd; Paysage Solo; Feeling of Solitude; Solo-Solissimo Nos. 1-2; Is that Light that is in You not Darkness?; Tonocolori; Vergessener Völker Müdigkeiten...Friedhofstück; Ca-Ri-N Sounds; Out of the Blues. Various soloists; Duo Cadence; ensemble für neue musik zürich; 4 percussion; Frescos Contemporary Music Ensemble; Harmonies of the World; Klangheimlich; Kyiv Saxophone Quartet; Lysenko String Quartet; Pastoral; Wiener Collage; Fyodor Glushchenko, Valery Matiukhin, Volodymyr Sirenko/Camerata Kyiv; Igor Simovych/Lviv Symphony Orchestra; Mykola Dyadiura/Ukrainian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Volodymyr Kulbaka/Zaporizsky Symphony Orchestra (Association New Music, 2003)
(Last updated on March 30, 2003)
