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Grinberg, Alexander (b. 1961, Kharkiv). Ukrainian composer, now resident in Germany, of orchestral, chamber, choral, and piano works that have been performed throughout Europe and elsewhere.
Mr. Grinberg completed his composition studies at the College of Music in Kharkiv in 1980 and later studied composition with Igor Kovach at the Institute of Art in Kharkiv, where he graduated in 1985. He also attended masterclasses with Edison Denisov and Poul Ruders and a workshop with percussionist Gert Sørensen in Denmark in 1992.
Among his honors is the Ilya Slatin Prize from the City Council of Kharkiv (1999, for From the Abyss, House Plant and Symbols of Time). His music has been performed in Austria, Belarus, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Macedonia, The Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the UK, and the USA.
He taught composition, history and music theory at a children's music school in Kharkiv from 1987–95 and at the College of Music in Kharkiv from 1987–94 and 2000–03. He also taught composition, instrumentation and music theory at the Institute of Art in Kharkiv from 1994–2003. He taught as a musicology assistant at the Folkwang-Hochschule in Essen in 2005–06 and has taught at the Marina Kheifets Musikschule Subito und Akademie in Düsseldorf since 2008.
He has lived in Germany since 2003.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: agrinberg@gmx.de
Street address: Mr. Alexander Grinberg, Pestalozzistr. 41, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany
Telephone: + 4921 1569 2906
Cellular phone: + 4917 9974 6835
Website: http://www.alexander-grinberg.de/
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
ORCHESTRAL: Carillon, small orchestra/orchestra (3 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, soprano saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 5 percussion, 12/24 strings), 1990; From the Abyss, 16 strings, 1996; Crazy Jingles, flute, 18 strings, 2002
CHAMBER MUSIC: Seven Études, clarinet, 1990; Shimmering, string quartet, 1991; Mantras, 7 recorders, 1992; Music for a Friend, vibraphone, 1992, revised 2002; Circles on the Water, 2 guitars, 1993; House Plant, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, xylorimba, 1993; In Harmony, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1994, revised 2000; Pen Drawing, clarinet, violin, 2 violas, double bass, accordion, 1995; Sounds of the Town, alto saxophone, 1995; At Right Angles, violin, piano, 1996; Roslavets Capriccio, violin, 1996; Symbols of Time, soprano saxophone, cello, 1998; Shifting Mirrors, clarinet, piano, 1999; Tiger's Fantasy, trombone, 1999; Mozart-Veränderung, oboe, 2000; Four Inventions, cello, 2002; Distortions, double bass, piano, 2006; Dichtung, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, percussion, 2008
CHORAL: Sulamith (text from the Song of Solomon [English translation]), 16 mixed voices, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1997; Ein neues Lied (texts from Psalms 149, 1–2, 115, 12–14, 117), mixed chorus, 1998, revised 2004; By the Rivers of Babylon (text from Psalm 137), female chorus, 2001; Dilexi (text from Psalm 114), mixed chorus, 2003
VOCAL: Cantos (text by Dan Albertson), soprano, oboe, bass clarinet, viola, cello, percussion, 2005
PIANO: Prelude, 1980; Partita, 1980, revised 2001; Castles in the Air, 1983, revised 2000; Polyphonic Games, 1987–89; Mobile-Immobile, 1990, revised 1996; Sonatina, 2000
ARRANGEMENTS: Hemmerl (Yiddish folksong), 5 mixed voices, 2006; Sholem (Yiddish folksong), 5 mixed voices, piano, 2006
(Last updated on September 17, 2008)
