Svitlana Azarova

Svitlana Azarova (; born 9 January 1976) is a Ukrainian-Dutch composer of contemporary classical music, originally from the Ukrainian SSR.

Early years Svitlana Azarova was born on 9 January 1976, in Izmail, then in the Ukrainian SSR, now in Ukraine.

After having graduated in music from Odesa Pedagogical Institute as in 1996, Azarova entered Odesa Conservatory, where she studied musical composition, first under the Ukrainian composer Oleksandr Krasotov, and later (until 2000) under the Ukrainian author and composer Karmella Tsepkolenko.

In 2003 Azarova participated for six months in the scholarship program, at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, under Marcin Blazewicz. Later that year, the invited Azarova to participate in the Scholarship project pass_ПОРТ within the . This project met again at the 8th musica viva in Munich in 2007.

In 2005 With a grant of the society KulturKontakt Austria she elected to participate in the 9th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Avantgarde Tirol with Professor Boguslaw Schaeffer and Dr. Richard Boulanger (Seefeld, Tirol, Austria). After this academy, she took up permanent residency of The Hague and in 2006 began post-graduate studies at conservatoire in Amsterdam under Theo Loevendie where she graduated Master of Music in December 2007

Composer Residencies: 2007, 2015, 2016, 2023 - Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC) (Gotland, Sweden) 2008 - Czech Music Information Centre (Prague, Czech Republic)

Career

The music of Svitlana Azarova is performed by ensembles and orchestras internationally. This includes

Petra Stump, clarinet (Austria) Mariko Nishioka percussion (Japan) and Yuka Sugimoto percussion (Japan) Nieuw Ensemble (The Netherlands) Stephan Vermeersch (Belgium) Marcel Worms (The Netherlands) Ensemble pass_ПОРТ (Ukraine - Germany - Brazil - France), Conductor: Kevin John Edusei Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada Orchestre national d'Île-de-France (ONDIF) conductor Enrique Mazzola Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra (NedPho) conductor Marc Albrecht Royal Danish Opera conductor Anna-Maria Helsing

Compositions 2025 Hyperion for ensemble 2024 Trojaborg 2 (Ukrainian) for clarinet 2023 Awesome Stories for 6 guitars 2019 Hoc Vinces! for large orchestra 2015-2016 Momo and the time thieves; the story of the child, who brought the stolen time back to the people full size opera in two acts for large orchestra, choir and soloists. Based on the novel Momo (novel) by Michael Ende; commissioned by the Royal Danish Opera, world premiere 15 October 2017 on the big stage of Copenhagen Opera House (Holmen). 2014 Hundred thirty one Angstrom symphony for large orchestra 2013 Concerto Grosso for violin, viola solo and string orchestra 2011 Mover of the Earth, Stopper of the Sun for symphony orchestra (overture), commissioned by ONDIF I fell into the sky... for viola solo World premièred by Emlyn Stam of New European Ensemble 2010 Pure thoughts transfixed symphony for large orchestra 2008 Beyond Context for chamber orchestra, commissioned by the Polish Institute in Kyiv From this kind... for choir, brass and percussion on words by Oksana Zabuzhko 2007 300 steps above for carillon Trojaborg for solo clarinet Un cortado para Michel for baroque flute (traverso) and soundtrack Onderdrukte Haast (Suppressed Haste) for Brass Quintet On Tuesdays for ensemble with words by Daniil Harms. World premièred by Nieuw Ensemble 2006 Sounds from the Yellow Planet for ensemble and recordings of throat singing by Khoomei virtuoso Nikolay Oorzhak Model Citizens for violoncello and piano, commissioned by Doris Hochscheid and Frans van Ruth Valentina's Blues for piano, commissioned by Marcel Worms and published on his CD Red, White and Blues, 32 New Dutch Blues (Attacca Records #27103) 2005 Hotel Charlotte for string quartet Dive for violin and piano The Violinist's morning espresso for violin 2004 Outvoice, outstep and outwalk for bass clarinet Asiope for ensemble

2003 Go-as-you-please for ensemble Symphonic Lana Sweet for large symphony orchestra Slavic Gods for flute, clarinet, accordion and cello West - East for ensemble 2001 As for the Clot it is Slowly... for solo tuba 2000 The Dance of Birds for string orchestra 1999 Symphonic Poem for large symphony orchestra Diagram for 5 cellos Punished by Love vocal cycle on verses by Ludmyla Olijnyk (in Russian) for soprano and piano Sonata-Diptych for clarinet and piano