Timur Aleksandrovich Ismagilov is a Russian Bashkircomposer and pianist. In his music he combines contemporary composition techniques with Tatar and Bashkir folk elements.
Biography
Timur Ismagilov was born in Ufa. He started to compose music at the age of 11 and attended Rustem Sabitov's composition class in 1995–2000. Ismagilov graduated from the Lyceum of Ufa State Institute of Arts. In 2005 he graduated from Alexander Tchaikovsky's composition class at the Moscow Conservatory. In 2005–2008 he took a post-graduate course in the conservatory. In 2006 Timur Ismagilov founded the Sviatoslav Richter's memorial website. Since 2010 he has organized a number of contemporary music concerts. Ismagilov was one of the composers interviewed by Dmitry Bavilskiy for his book “To be called for: Conversations with contemporary composers”. Besides composing his own music, Ismagilov has made about 600 transcriptions and arrangements for different sets of instruments.
Works
Orchestral music Concerto for cello and orchestra, op. 17 Elegy for string orchestra, op. 40 Changes II for piano, 15 strings and triangle ad libitum, op. 42 Addiction for orchestra, op. 44 Chamber music Triptych for string quartet, op. 4 Epitaph for Alfred Schnittke for string quartet, piano and celesta, op. 6 String Quartet, op. 14 Fantasia for violin and piano, op. 16 EDES... for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and prepared piano, op. 20 Ozon kiy for accordion, flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, viola, cello and double bass; op. 21 Two Sketches and a Song for cello solo, op. 22 Novella for viola solo, op. 23 Evening Music for flute, violin, viola and cello, op. 24 Dialogue for violin solo, op. 27 Trio for violin, cello and piano, op. 31 Jacob's Ladder for double bass solo, op. 35 Sonata for violin and piano, op. 36 The Story of Dove for flute solo, op. 39 Fantasia for clavichord, op. 43 Fantasia for viola and piano, op. 46 Vocal music Four Japanese Poems for soprano and piano, op. 7 From Mustai Karim, diptych for male voice and piano, op. 9 The Story of One Picture after Arkady Averchenko for male voice, cello, piano, prepared piano and tape, op. 11 121, vocal cycle after poems by Dmitry Prigov for male voice and piano, op. 15 From Hafez, vocal cycle for soprano and piano, op. 26 Three Epigrams for low male voice and piano, op. 41 Piano music Suite in Folk Style, op. 1 Variations on a Folk Theme, op. 2 Partita-Offering, op. 10 Homage to John Cage, op. 12 Variations on a Theme of Paganini, op. 13 24 Preludes, op. 18 Yashen after Rashit Nazarov's poem, op. 25 Bagatelles, op. 28 Axis, op. 32 Changes, op. 33 7, op. 34 Three Pieces for Six Hands, op. 37 Spring Sketches, op. 38
