mini|Aljaksandr Litwinouski Aljaksandr Fjodarawitsch Litwinouski (; * 1. Mai 1962 in Minsk, Belarussische SSR) ist ein belarussischer Komponist zeitgenössischer klassischer Musik. Seine Werke sind von der Musik Igor Strawinskys, aber auch von Barock, Klassik und Romantik beeinflusst und reichen daher von Tradition bis Avantgarde gleichermaßen.

Leben und Wirken Litwinouski studierte an der Belarussischen Staatlichen Musikakademie und schloss 1982 mit Diplom in Musikwissenschaft und 1991 in Komposition bei Dmitri Smolski ab. In den 1990er Jahren war er Mitglied der Belarussischen Komponistenvereinigung. Von 1993 bis 2001 nahm er an internationalen Kursen für Komposition bei Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, Fransois-Bernard Mâche, Daryl Runswick, Sylvano Bussotti, Sigune von Osten, Jonathan Harvey, Tristan Murail, Martin Matalon, Matthias Hermann und Marek Choloniewski teil. Im Jahr 2004 wurde er in die American Society of Composers und 2005 in die Internationale Konföderation Elektroakustischer Musik (IME) aufgenommen. Sein Œuvre umfasst Kammermusik, Konzerte sowie Solostücke. Litwinouski nimmt sich auch schweren Themen an, so beispielsweise der Streichersuite mit seinem Titel Le Grand Cahier, die er 2015 zunächst als Bühnenmusik konzipierte. Sie basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman (dt. Das große Heft) von Ágota Kristóf und erzählt von Kriegserfahrungen von Zwillingsbrüdern.

Werke

1981: "Perpetuum Mobile and Passacaglia" for piano 1982: "Concertino-Barocco", suite for string orchestra 1985: Sonata for violin and piano 1987: "Krewa", symphonic fresco 1987: "Wedding" ("Wiaselle"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra 1988: "Gathering Saturday" ("Zbornaja Subotka"), cantata for soloists and mixed choir 1990: "Francisk", mistery for bass and symphony orchestra 1990: "Zbieg" for flute, oboe, violin, cello and piano 1991: "Wir" for the French horns quartet 1991: "Intavolatura", suite for guitar 1992: "Tabulatura Vilnensis", cycle of pieces for chamber ensemble 1993: "Ul" for string quintet 1993 Electronic compositions: "Ra", "Night Bells", "Styx"," Fairy of Tides", "Suspense" 1995: "Gregorianica", missa for male choir 1996: "Hymnes de Saint-Martin" ("Oculis Et Manibus", "Au Milieu Des Nuages") for mixed choir 1996: "To God’s Mother" ("Da Maci Bozaj"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and chamber orchestra 1997: "Filix", sonata for flute and guitar 1997: "Heart of Jesus" ("Serca Jezusa"), cantata for mixed choir and chamber orchestra 1998: "Stabat Mater", cantata for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra 1998: "Songs for Christmas" ("Pesni na Bozaje Naradzennie"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra 1998: "Rondo Ricercari", triptych for flute and guitar 1999: "Consort Lessons", suite for chamber orchestra 1999: "Faron" for clarinet 2000: "Taurus" for wind orchestra 2001: "Tales of the Magic Tree", cycle of pieces for string orchestra 2001: "In-Ta-Vo-La-Tu-Ra", electroacoustic performance 2001: "Ballads of Faron", electroacoustic remix 2002: "Canzonetta" for tuba (or cello/oboe/bassoon/bass clarinet) and electronics 2002: "Calypso", concerto for piano and string orchestra 2003: "Traffic in Open Sun", cycle of pieces for quartets of homogeneous low wind instruments: tubas, trombones, bassoons 2003: "Skyscape", suite for wind octet 2004: "Nycta", ballet for electronics 2005: "Raft of Odisseus", concerto for trombone, French horn, trumpet and string orchestra 2006: "My-O-My", 10 electroacoustic compositions 2008: "Jazz Graffiti", 12 electroacoustic compositions 2011: "Wedding", music for the stage production by Witold Gombrowicz’s play 2012: "Winterra" for symphony orchestra 2012: "Dziady", music for the stage production based on a poem by Adam Mickiewicz 2012: "Oedipus Rex", music for the stage production based on the tragedy of Sophocles 2013: "Arabian night", music for the stage production by Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play 2013: "Karlsson-on-the-Roof", music for the stage production after Astrid Lindgren’s book 2013: "The Dance of Death", music for the stage production by August Strindberg's play 2014: "Ribbons on the Corners", music for the stage production by Gregory Oster's play 2014: "The Golden Key", music for the stage production by Alexej Tolstoj's fairy tale 2014: "The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids", music for the stage production based on the folk tale 2014: "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats, suite for violin and string orchestra 2015: "Narmahnar", music for the stage production by Mykola Kulish's play "Folk Malahy" 2015: "Le Grand Cahier", music for the stage production after Agota Kristof's novel 2015: "Le Grand Cahier", suite for string orchestra 2015: "Puss in Boots", music for the stage production after Charles Perrault's fairy tale 2015: "Puss in Boots", suite for trumpet and piano 2015: "The Snow Queen", music for the stage production after Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale 2016: "The Lower Depths", music for the stage production by Maxim Gorky’s play 2017: "Small Demon", music for the stage production based on the novel by Fedor Sologub 2017: "Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish", music for the stage production based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin 2017: "New Land", music for the stage production based on the poem by Yakub Kolas 2017: "Snow White", music for the stage production based on the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm 2018: "My Dad’s a Birdman", music for the stage production based on the play by David Almond 2018: "Journey to the Land of Ants", music for the radioshow based on the play by Tatyana Mushinskaya 2018: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", music for the stage production based on the novel by Mark Twain 2018: "Cherry Orchard", music for the stage production based on the play by Anton Chekhov 2018: "The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas", music for the stage production based on the play by David Almond 2018: "Inclusion", music for the documentary film 2018: "The Great Journey of Prince Nicholas Christopher Radziwill Orphans", music for the documentary film 2019: "Cherry Orchard", suite for piano and chamber orchestra 2019: "Pelleas and Melisande", music for the stage production based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck 2019: "Munchausenshow", suite for symphony orchestra 2019: "Arpadio", vocalise for mixed choir 2020: "My Dad's a Birdman", suite for piano and chamber orchestra 2020: "Master Cat", suite for trumpet and string orchestra 2020: "The Adventures of Prantish Vyrvich, a Scalar and a Spy", music for the radioshow based on a novel by Ludmila Rubleuskaya 2024: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats, Suite for String Orchestra and Violin

Mitgliedschaften

1990: Belarussischer Komponistenverband 2004: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) 2005: International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM/CIME)

Literatur

Weblinks

Interview mit Swetlana Beraszen, Mastaztwa 2014 Daniel Lanz: Daniels vergessene Klassiker 2: Alexander Litvinovsky – Le Grand Cashier (2015)

Einzelnachweise

Kategorie:Komponist klassischer Musik (20. Jahrhundert) Kategorie:Komponist klassischer Musik (21. Jahrhundert) Kategorie:Komponist (Belarus) Kategorie:Belarusse Kategorie:Sowjetbürger Kategorie:Geboren 1962 Kategorie:Mann