(b. 20 February 1962, Ashgabat).

Russian composer, born in Turkmenistan, of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, piano, electroacoustic, and multimedia works that have been performed in Europe and elsewhere.

Ms. Yusupova studied composition with Nikolai Sidelnikov at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow, where she graduated in 1987. She later attended the Ferienkurse in Darmstadt in 1998.

Among her honours are second place in the International Electroacoustic Conference in Boston, Massachusetts (1995, for The Spring from Mephisto Garden. The Seasons), selection to the list of the ten most prominent composers in Russia by independent journalists in Moscow (2001), a residency at the International Centre for Composers in Visby, Sweden (2005), and a prize in the category Best Experimental Film in the film festival in Saratov (2005, for Theremin's Last Secret). Her music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.

She is married to the filmmaker Alexander Dolgin, with whom she has often collaborated, including on the films Theremin's Last Secret (2004), Il Viaggio di Signore D. e Signore V. (2004), Coming back (2004), America's Discovery (2004), and SMS-Video (2004).

In addition to the works listed below, she has composed scores for numerous films since 1990, sometimes under the pseudonym Adolf Venzel.

COMPLETE LIST OF WORKS

STAGE:

Cryptophonic Opera (opera in 9 scenes, libretto by the the composer, Sergey Nevrayev, Ivan Sokolov), 1995 (collaboration with Sergey Nevrayev, Ivan Sokolov)

Opera Marina (opera in 3 scenes with introduction and coda, libretto by the composer), 1994–98 (two sections may be performed separately as concert works: The Birth of Venus, orchestra, fixed media; The Birth of Venus, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1 or more pianos [also version for French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1 or more pianos, fixed media])

Faust Fragments (mystery, text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe [translated by Boris Pasternak]), mixed chorus, fixed media, 1999

Christmas Mystery for Theatre of Silhouettes (mystery in 1 act, text by Inna Kolosova), children's chorus ad libitum, piano, 2000

Tsar Demyan (opera in 1 act, libretto by Yelena Polenova), 2001 (collaboration with Leonid Desyatnikov, Vladimir Nikolayev, Vyacheslav Gayvoronsky)

Shepherds and Angels (mystery, texts by Vera Pavlova, the composer, the Ave Maria), any number of voices, children's chorus, small orchestra, fixed media ad libitum, 2002 (also versions for folk chorus [+ svirel (small pipe from Russia), kolokolchiki (small bells from Russia), dhol (drum from Armenia), daf (frame drum from the Middle East)], fixed media, 2002; any number of voices, children's chorus, organ, 2002; version as cyber-musical [text by Vera Pavlova], any number of voices, children's chorus, folk chorus [+ svirel, kolokolchiki, dhol, daf], small orchestra, fixed media, 2002; folk chorus, 2003)

Why do I love you so much? (fragment from imaginary musical Her First Ball, text by an unknown poet), female chorus/mixed chorus, piano, ensemble ad libitum (2 violins, viola, cello, double bass), 2003

Einstein and Margarita (opera–installation in 4 acts with preface and epilogue, libretto by Vera Pavlova, the composer [translated by Steven Seymour]), 5 soloists, mixed chorus, puppet theatre, theremin, large orchestra, phonograph, film (by Alexander Dolgin), 2004

ORCHESTRAL:

Arpa amplificata (concerto), amplified harp, orchestra, 1987

Incantation of Elements, orchestra, fixed media, 1989

Concerto, oboe, small orchestra, 1993

Winds' Rose – 1 (in memoriam Nikolai Sidelnikov), piano, small orchestra, 1993

The Mystery of Babylon (symphony), 1994

The Birth of Venus, orchestra, fixed media, 1995 (section of Opera Marina; may be performed separately as a concert work)

The Critique of Pure Reason (2 versions), small orchestra, 1995

Flowering of the Willows IV, or an almost Etruscan Text, small orchestra, 1995

Cadenza and Coda, cello, orchestra, fixed media, 1998

In the Country of the Blind II, small orchestra, computer, 2001

Music by Someone Else, small orchestra, 2001

CHAMBER MUSIC:

Sonata, oboe, piano, 1987

Octet in memoriam Igor Stravinsky, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, 1989

Music of Dreams, violin/cello, 1990

Brass Quintet, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1990

Sound's Traveling, soprano saxophone, any number of percussion, 1990

Etudes by Steinitz, oboe, any other wind instrument with a similar range, organ, 1991

Sailing off, 4 saxophones, 1992 (also versions for 4 saxophones, fixed media, 1996; soprano, 4 saxophones; soprano, 4 saxophones, fixed media)

Eine Große Nachtmusik (chamber symphony), flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 French horns, trumpet, piano, fixed media, 1993

Astrolatreya, flute, oboe, clarinet, domra (plucked instrument from Russia)/harp, violin, cello, piano, 1994

Arlecinata, flute, oboe, clarinet, domra, violin, cello, piano, 1994

Postlude–Dedication, or Variation on a Basque Folk Theme, domra, 2 pianos, computer, 1994

The Waiting (mini-concerto), oboe, fixed media, 1994

The Birth of Venus, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1 or more pianos, 1994 (section of Opera Marina; may be performed separately as a concert work; also version for French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, 1 or more pianos, fixed media, 1998)

Nikola Veshny (in memoriam Nikolai Sidelnikov), flute, domra, piano, 1994

Composition in memoriam Igor Severyanin, domra, 1994 (collaboration with Sergey Nevrayev)

Ex voto I, flute, clarinet, harp, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 1995

Etude, flute, 1996

The Last Sound's Traveling, cello, any number of percussion, 1996

Strange Shores (suite), harp, 1997

Ex voto II, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, 1998

Sequences, cello, piano, 1999

PolyCordia, clàrsach (harp from the UK), cello, piano, fixed media, 2001

Cherubic, gusli, piano, 2002 (version of choral work)

Pastorale (fantasy on themes of Adolf Venzel), cello, piano, 2003

On My Way to Damascus, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, French horn, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, piano, organ, 2003

Kitezh – 14, violin, ovaloid (invented string instrument), fixed media, 2003

The Little Tin Soldier, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano, 2003

Kitezh – 19, theremin/2 theremins, fixed media, 2004

CHORAL:

Singing of the Virgins on Mt. Zion (texts from the words "salve regina", "ave Maria"), folk chorus, violin, 2 cellos, keyboard gusli, fixed media, 1997 (also version for folk chorus, violin, 2 cellos, keyboard gusli, fixed media, computer, 1997)

Ex voto III (text by Gennadiy Aygi), folk chorus, cello ad libitum, fixed media, 1998

No longer the Sea, or a New Sound's Traveling (text by Alexander Vvedensky), folk chorus, cello ad libitum, piano, fixed media, 1998 (version of work for fixed media)

Pushkin Triptych (text by Alexander Pushkin), folk chorus, piano, 1999

Children's Cantata (text by Gennadiy Aygi), children's chorus, piano, fixed media, 2000

Prayer (text by Olga Romanova), male chorus, cello, double bass, 2000 (also versions for mixed chorus, piano, 2003; male chorus, small orchestra, 2004; male chorus, organ, 2005)

Three Meditations on a Baptist Script (texts by Leonid Bely, Vera Pavlova, Vyacheslav Kurizin), female rock voice, boys' chorus, 2 mixed choruses, electric guitar, cello, small orchestra, 2000 (section of Passions 2000, a collaboration with Dmitry Cheglakov; may be performed separately)

Cherubic (text from the Russian Orthodox Church), mixed chorus, 2002 (also versions for gusli, piano; fixed media)

Dies Iræ – 2, folk chorus, fixed media, 2003

Ave Maria, mixed chorus, tenor recorder, harp, organ, 2003 (also versions for mixed chorus, tenor recorder, harp, organ, 2003; mixed chorus, harp, organ, 2003; mixed chorus, organ, 2003; mixed chorus, piano, 2003; mixed chorus, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, organ, 2003)

Cherubic (text from the Russian Orthodox Church), male chorus, cello, 2004

Un Bergantin (text by José de Espronceda), mixed chorus, double bass, piano, 2005

VOCAL:

In front of the Mirror (song-cycle, text by Vera Pavlova), voice, oboe, piano, vibraphone, 1990

Emily's Revelations (cantata, text by Emily Dickinson), mezzo-soprano, orchestra, 1990

Flowering of the Willows III (cantata, text by Boris Pasternak), soprano, flute, oboe, violin, cello, piano, fixed media, 1992

Two Small Canons on Texts of English Poets (cantata, texts by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Arthur Symons), soprano, flute, piano, vibraphone, 1994

Thou Art My Soul (text by St. Andrew of Crete [Russian translation]), descant voice, cello, piano, 1996

Sailing off (texts by Marina Tsvetaeva, William Shakespeare), soprano, 4 saxophones, 1996 (version of chamber work; also version for soprano, 4 saxophones, fixed media, 1996)

The Dull Songs of the Earth (cantata, text by Mikhail Lermontov), soprano, trumpet, cello, piano, fixed media, 2000

Unnamed (text from the Lacrimosa), soprano, cello, small orchestra, fixed media, 2000 (also version for soprano, cello, small orchestra, 2003)

Dies Iræ – 1, countertenor, basso profondo (+ timpani), oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, viola, cello, double bass, 2001

Ballada (text by Dmitri Prigov), female voice, male poet, any number of recorders (1 player), harp, fixed media, 2005

PIANO:

Sonata without a First Movement, 1994

Canon–Elegy, 1994

Reminiscences of Years Gone, 1 or more pianos, 1994

Alla Mente, 1996

In the Country of the Blind III, piano, computer, 2001

Eine Kleine Morgenmusik (in memoriam Rafael Yusupov), 2002

ORGAN:

Kitezh – 11, organ, fixed media, 2003

HARPSICHORD:

The Well in Haroldsbach, 1996

ELECTROACOUSTIC:

Gynaeceum, fixed media, 1991

Tomb of Moses, fixed media, 1992

No longer the Sea, or a New Sound's Traveling, fixed media, 1998 (also version for folk chorus, cello ad libitum, piano, fixed media)

Cherubic, fixed media, 2002 (version of choral work)

More, fixed media, 2002

Kitezh – 22, fixed media, 2004

Sax-n-roll, fixed media, 2005

Mermaids' Dance, fixed media, 2005

Composition with Organ, fixed media, 2005

MULTIMEDIA/PERFORMANCE:

Retro Suite (texts from protest songs from the 1930s in Russia), folk chorus, fixed media, silent film (by Vasily Zuravlyov), 1998

Mephisto Garden. The Seasons, fixed media, film (by the composer, Alexander Dolgin), 1995–2000 (also version for tromba marina, ovaloid, kozleton [invented string instrument], cello, piano, ensemble [any 12 players], fixed media, film, 1995–2000)

South (text by Gennadiy Aygi), 3 female voices, any number of actors, electric guitar, piano, fixed media, any number of sound installations, 2000 (section of Several Different Directions, a collaboration with Dmitry Cheglakov, Tatyana Mikheyeva, Sergei Zagny; may be performed separately)

In the Country of the Blind I (performance–installation), clarinet, cello, piano, fixed media, 2000

The Birds, dance troupe, fixed media, any number of sound installations, 1999–2001 (also versions for clàrsach, piano, fixed media, any number of sound installations, 1999–2001; [text from the phrase "who will give me the dove's wing?"] flute [+ voice], fixed media, any number of sound installations, 1999–2001)

NOSFERATU Symphony, trumpet, piano, string quartet, silent film (by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau), 2003

AELITA (karaoke opera, libretto by Vera Pavlova), any number of voices ad libitum, fixed media, silent film (by the composer, after Yakov Protazanov, Alexander Dolgin), 2003

A Recollection of the Interrupted Song (performance, in memoriam Luigi Nono), any number of rare instruments (any number of players), fixed media, 2003

Winds' Rose – 2 (sound installation), piano, string orchestra, 2005