“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 162
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 108759
exempla nova 512
for: Double bass
Music score
Item no.: 614209
For bayan
for: Accordion (bayan)
Music score
Item no.: 626481
exempla nova 665
for: Voice (soprano), piano [Voice (soprano), cello]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 690986
exempla nova 261
for: 2 bassoons
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 184113
für Kammerensemble (10 Spieler)
exempla nova 666
for: Chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 675633
exempla nova 260
for: 4 cellos
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 291819
exempla nova 293
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 334452
für Posaune, Saxophonquartett, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Tam-tam
for: 8 instruments (octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1478441
for two baritone saxophones
for: 2 baritone saxophones
Score
Item no.: 1553050
15 Stücke
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1671634
Trio für Flöte, Viola und Harfe (Sprecher ad lib.)
exempla nova 045
for: Flöte, Viola, Harfe, [Sprecher]
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 109340
15 pieces for mezzo-soprano, percussion and double bass
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1671630
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 382
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1651007
Fourteen pieces
on poems of Christian Morgenstern
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), flute, bayan, double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1668857
for 4 Flutes
exempla nova 218
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 1656926
für Alt solo bzw. Alt und Kontrabass
exempla nova 30
for: Voice (alto), double bass
Score
Item no.: 680968
exempla nova 127
for: VC BAJAN STR
Study score
Item no.: 108738