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Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitri (b. April 24, 1963, Tashkent). Uzbek composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and organ works that have been performed throughout the world.
Mr. Yanov-Yanovsky studied composition and instrumentation with his father Felix Yanov-Yanovsky at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan in Tashkent, where he graduated in 1986. He also attended masterclasses with Edison Denisov and Poul Ruders in Denmark in 1992 and attended IRCAM in 1993.
Among his honors are Second Prize in the sacred-music competition in Fribourg (1991, for Lacrymosa), the ALEA III International Prize in Boston (1992, for Presentiment), the Prix Spécial de Nantes at the Festival International du Film de Cannes (1992, for Kammie [film score]), and the Prize of the Cinematographers' Union of Uzbekistan (1995, for The History of Islām, shared with Felix Yanov-Yanovsky [animated serial film score]). His music has been performed in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Sweden, the USA, and Uzbekistan, including two portrait concerts in Italy (1999).
He is also active in other positions. He founded the Ilkhom-XX festival of contemporary music in Tashkent in 1996 and served as its artistic director from 1996–2006. He later served as composer-in-residence at the Siemens Foundation/Hearing Instruments Factory in New Jersey in 2002 and at Harvard University in 2008–09.
In addition to the works listed below, Mr. Yanov-Yanovsky has composed scores for 50 films and more than 25 stage productions.
CONTACT INFORMATION
E-mail address: yanovsky@mail.tps.uz
COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS
STAGE: Thread (text by Omar Khayyam), voice, dancer, flute, gijak (Uzbek string instrument), tanbūr (lute), cello, piano, 2 percussion, 1989; Come and Go (stage étude no. 1, text by Samuel Beckett), 3 female voices, flute, guitar, cello, piano, 1995; The Little Match-Girl (1 act children's ballet, scenario by the composer, after Hans Christian Andersen), 1996–97; Breath (stage étude no. 2, text by Samuel Beckett), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion, tape, 1999; Eh Joe (chamber opera, libretto by Samuel Beckett), mezzo-soprano, actor, 2001
ORCHESTRAL: Concerto, piano, small orchestra, 1983; Presentiment, small orchestra (16 players), tape, 1992; Chamber Music, small orchestra (14 players), 1993; Sotto Voce, 1993; Ritual, 1994; Conjunctions, string quartet, orchestra, tape, 1995; Takyr – Scorched Earth, 6 percussion, string orchestra, 1995; Lux æterna, violin, small orchestra (16 players), 1997; Predestination, harpsichord, small orchestra (15 players), 1997; Message, string orchestra, 2001; Notturno, small orchestra (15 players), tape, 2003
CHAMBER MUSIC: String Quartet, 1985; Coda, gijak, chang (Uzbek string instrument), 1986; Epilogue, piano, string quartet, 1989; Chang Music I, chang, 1990; Chang Music III, violin, viola, cello, 1991; Fragments of Bird Life, alto recorder, 1991; Sounding Darkness, flute, oboe, viola, cello, glass harmonica, 1992; Haiku for Gert Sørensen, percussion, 1992; Awakening, string quartet, tape, 1993; Chang Music IV, string quartet, 1993; Chang Music V, chang, string quartet, 1993–94; Music of Dreams, chang, harpsichord, tape, 1999; Night Music: Voice in the leaves, cello, ensemble (flute, oboe, harp, violin, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussion), tape, 2000; Seven Miniatures, flute, 2001; Twilight Music, flute, oboe, clarinet, harp, guitar, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, percussion, 2002; Hearing Solution, cello, ensemble (harp, piano, 2 percussion, string quartet, double bass), 2002; Postscriptum, 4 percussion, 2003
CHORAL: Ad amorem (text from the Song of Solomon), 8/16 mixed voices, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1997; Drei Lieder nach Texten von Friedrich Rückert, mixed chorus, 2002
VOCAL: Autumn rain in the darkness... (text by Matsuo Bashō), soprano, small orchestra, 1987; Lacrymosa, soprano, string quartet, 1991 (also version for soprano, string orchestra, 2002); Hommage à Gustav Mahler (text by Friedrich Rückert), soprano, string quartet, 1996 (also version for mezzo-soprano, small orchestra [16 players], 1999); Wiegelied für Heidelberg (vocalise), soprano, flute, guitar, violin, percussion, 1996; Moon Songs (text by Federico García Lorca), soprano, 2 pianos, 1996 (also version for mezzo-soprano, piano, 2003); '...' (text by Aleksandr Pushkin), countertenor, violin, viola, cello, tape, 1999; Nach der Lese (sentimental comment, text by Stefan George), soprano, violin, cello, piano, 1999; Limericks (text by Edward Lear), baritone, small orchestra (15 players), 2003
PIANO: Bagatelles, 1982; Cadenza, 1988; Chang Music II, 2 pianos, 1990; Allusions and Reminiscences, 2000; Silhouettes, 2001; Six Lost Chopin Waltzes, piano 4 hands, 2002
ORGAN: Facets, 1996; Elf and Mirror, 2000
DISCOGRAPHY
Lacrymosa. Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Kronos Quartet (Nonesuch: 79346, 1993)
Lacrymosa; Presentiment; Haiku for Gert Sørensen; Lux æterna; Hommage à Gustav Mahler. Roland Freisitzer/Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble (Le Chant du Monde: LDC 278 1110, 1998)
Music of Dreams. Dmitry Yanov-Yanovsky, chang; Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord (Opus 111: OPS 30-293, 2000)
Nach der Lese. Linda Campanella, soprano; Antidogma Musica (Nuova Era: 7364, 2001)
Chang Music III. Xenia Ensemble (Felmay, 2002)
(Last updated on June 29, 2004)
