Timur Aleksandrovich Ismagilov (Russian: Тиму́р Алекса́ндрович Исмаги́лов; born 27 February 1982) is a Russian Bashkir composer and pianist. In his music he combines various composition techniques with a sustained interest in traditional Tatar and Bashkir melodic language.[1]
Biography edit
Timur Ismagilov was born in Ufa (Bashkortostan, Russia). As a child he taught himself to play all the musical instruments that were available at home: the piano and different types of accordion (bayan, talyanka, saratovskaya). He also performed and recorded as a singer of Tatar and Bashkir songs.
Ismagilov started to compose music at the age of 11 and attended Rustem Sabitov's composition class in 1995–2000.[2] He graduated from the Lyceum of Ufa State Institute of Arts (Lyudmila Alexeeva's piano class).[3] In 2005 he graduated from Alexander Tchaikovsky's composition class at the Moscow Conservatory.[4]
In 2005–2008 he took a postgraduate course in the conservatory (academic advisor Alexander Tchaikovsky, scientific advisor Svetlana Savenko). The result was a musicological work titled "DSCH. Sketch of a Monograph about the Monogram". An article based on this study was published in Berlin in 2013.[5]
In 2006 Timur Ismagilov founded the Sviatoslav Richter's memorial website.[6] He has been organizing contemporary music concerts since 2010, and became one of the composers interviewed by Dmitry Bavilskiy for the book “To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers” (published in 2014).[7] Besides composing his own music, Ismagilov has made about 600 transcriptions and arrangements for different sets of instruments.[8]
Works edit
- Orchestral music
- Concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 17 (2004–05)
- Elegy for string orchestra, op. 40 (2011, 2017)
- Changes II for piano, 15 strings and triangle ad libitum, op. 42 (2016–17)
- Addiction for orchestra, op. 44 (2018)
- Chamber music
- Triptych for string quartet, op. 4 (1996)
- Epitaph for Alfred Schnittke for string quartet, piano and celesta, op. 6 (1998, rev. 2022)
- String Quartet, op. 14 (2002–03, rev. 2006)
- Fantasia for Violin and Piano, op. 16 (2003–04)
- EDES... for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano, op. 20 (2007)
- Ozon kiy [9] (Bashkir: Оҙон көй) for accordion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and double bass, op. 21 (2008)
- Two Sketches and a Song for cello solo, op. 22 (2010)
- Novella for viola solo, op. 23 (2010)
- Evening Music for flute, violin, viola and cello, op. 24 (2010)
- Dialogue for violin solo, op. 27 (2011)
- Trio for violin, cello and piano, op. 31 (2013)
- Jacob's Ladder for double bass solo, op. 35 (2014)
- Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 36 (2015)
- The Story of Dove for flute solo, op. 39 (2016)
- Fantasia for Clavichord (or piano), op. 43 (2018)
- Fantasia for Viola and Piano, op. 46 (2019–20)
- Fuga Idearum for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, op. 50 (2014, 2021–22)
- Vocal music
- Four Japanese Poems for soprano and piano, op. 7 (1998)
- From Mustai Karim, diptych for male voice and piano, op. 9 (1999)
- The Story of One Picture after Arkady Averchenko for male voice, cello, piano, prepared piano and tape, op. 11 (2001)
- 121, vocal cycle after poems by Dmitry Prigov for male voice and piano, op. 15 (2003)
- From Hafez, vocal cycle for soprano and piano, op. 26 (2011)
- Three Epigrams for low male voice and piano, op. 41 (1999, 2017)
- Piano music
- Suite in Folk Style, op. 1 (1995–96)
- Variations on a Folk Theme, op. 2 (1995–96)
- Partita-Offering, op. 10 (2000)
- Homage to John Cage, op. 12 (2001)
- Variations on a Theme of Paganini, op. 13 (2002, rev. 2003)
- 24 Preludes, op. 18 (2005–10)
- Yashen [10] (Bashkir: Йәшен) after the poem by Rashit Nazarov, op. 25 (2011)
- Bagatelles, op. 28 (2012)
- Axis, op. 32 (2012–13)
- Changes, op. 33 (2013)
- 7, op. 34 (2014)
- Three Pieces for Six Hands, op. 37 (2010–16)
- Spring Sketches, op. 38 (2016)
- What Next? ор. 47 (2020)
- Loneliness, ор. 48 (2020)
- Solitude, ор. 49 (2021)
Notes edit
- ^ "Тимур Исмагилов: "Я бы мог сочинять музыку даже в глухой деревне". www.classicalmusicnews.ru. August 2011.
- ^ "Исмагилов Тимур Александрович".
- ^ Bavilskiy, Dmitry (2014). "To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers”, p. 746. ISBN 978-5-89059-191-3.
- ^ "История - студенты". www.mosconsv.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ Исмагилов Т. Способы композиторской работы Шостаковича с монограммой DSCH // Музыка в Средней и Восточной Европе (XVIII-XX вв.) / Ред.-составитель И. Харисов. Берлин: Gesellschaft für OSTEUROPA-FÖRDERUNG, 2013. С. 3-10. (Kulturwelten 17: 2013/1). ISSN 1864-3183
- ^ "Тимур Исмагилов, композитор, пианист (Россия)". www.r-spring.ru.
- ^ "Издательство Ивана Лимбаха | Содержание". www.limbakh.ru.
- ^ "Timur Ismagilov. Composer and pianist". www.movingclassics.tv.
- ^ The title is a transcription of two Bashkir words.
- ^ The title is a transcription of the Bashkir word.