“I doesn’t matter to me whether or not I’m modern. What is important, is the inner truth of my music.” Sofia Gubaidulina
Sofia Gubaidulina (b.1931) is one of the most important Russian female composers in the period after Dmitri Shostakovich. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Sofia Gubaidulina with Stretta Music today!
Sofia Asgatowna Gubaidulina was born on October 24, 1931 in Chistopol, Tartar Autonomous Republic. She studied piano and composition in the capital Karsan and after graduating went to Moscow to continue her studies.
Dmitri Shostakovich encouraged her to follow her own path, which was clearly opposed to the socialist realism prescribed by the state. The performance of her works in the Soviet Union was banned in the 1960s and 1970s.
However, the premiere of Sofia Gubaidulina Offertorium Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, her first violin concerto in 1981, was the catalyst for her success, especially in the West. Since then, Sofia Gubaidulina, along with Alfred Schnittke and Edisson Denissov, she has been a world-renowned composer.
One of her trademarks is the use of the bayan, a chromatic button accordion, and the use of religious themes.
Gubaidulina moved to Germany in 1992, and is a member of various academies, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science, which is responsible for the annual Oscars. At the Kazan Conservatory, where she first studied, she is now an honorary professor.
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 382
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 490603
for: Chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1556931
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 382
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1651007
exempla nova 493
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605330
15 Stücke
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 796235
15 Stücke
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1671634
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1553078
exempla nova 492
Piano reduction
Item no.: 603891
for: cello [solo], chamber choir, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1553051
für Posaune, Saxophonquartett, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Tam-tam
for: 8 instruments (octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1478441
14 pieces for mezzo-soprano, flute, bayan, percussion and double bass
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1555437
for: Soloist (Mez), male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1552992
concerto for flute and orchestra
for: Flute, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1553075
for: double bass, 3 guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 1553044
for: 7 cellos, 2 aquaphones
Set of parts
Item no.: 1553001
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, piano (piano quintet)
Score
Item no.: 1555013
for violoncello and guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1478452
for: 3 guitars, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552997
für Sopran, Tenor, Bariton, Bass, zwei gemischte Chöre, Orgel und Orchester
for: Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bass solo, Chöre (2), Orgel, Orchester
Score
Item no.: 1552981
for soprano, tenor, baritone, bass, two choirs, organ and orchestra
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1553077