“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.
exempla nova 352
for: Cello, chamber ensemble
Study score
Item no.: 1552893
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
for: Violin, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1552999
für Posaune, Saxophonquartett, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Tam-tam
for: 8 instruments (octet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1478441
15 Stücke
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1671634
for violoncello and guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars, cello
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 1478451
for: 7 cellos, 2 aquaphones
Set of parts
Item no.: 1553001
for: 3 trumpets
Score
Item no.: 1016901
15 pieces for mezzo-soprano, percussion and double bass
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), Double bass, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1671630
Print on demand
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1557032
for: Soloist (Mez), male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1552992
für Bajan, Schlagzeug und Streichorchester
for: Accordion (bayan), drums, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1552994
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 964340
Konzert für Violine und Orchester
exempla nova 382
for: Violin, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1651007
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1017027
for violoncello and guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars, cello
Score
Item no.: 1478450
for 4 Flutes
exempla nova 218
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 1656926
for violoncello and guitar quartet
for: 4 guitars, cello
Set of parts
Item no.: 1478452
für Posaune, Saxophonquartett, Violoncello, Kontrabass und Tam-tam
Manuskriptdruck
for: 8 instruments (octet)
Score
Item no.: 1478449
for: 8 cellos
Score
Item no.: 1552993
for: 3 guitars, cello, double bass
Set of parts
Item no.: 1552997