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Edison Vasilievich Denisov (Russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music.[1]

Edison Denisov in Sortavala, summer 1975. Photo by Dmitri Smirnov.
Edison Denisov in Sortavala, summer 1975. Photo by Dmitri Smirnov.

Biography


The house in Tomsk where Denisov was born; the memorial plaque is visible.
The house in Tomsk where Denisov was born; the memorial plaque is visible.

Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied mathematics before deciding to spend his life composing. This decision was enthusiastically supported by Dmitri Shostakovich, who gave him lessons in composition.

In 1951–56 Denisov studied at the Moscow Conservatory: composition with Vissarion Shebalin, orchestration with Nikolai Rakov, analysis with Viktor Tsukkerman and piano with Vladimir Belov. In 1956–59 he composed the opera Ivan-Soldat (Soldier Ivan) in three acts based on Russian folk fairy tales.

He began his own study of scores that were difficult to obtain in the USSR at that time, including music by composers ranging from Mahler and Debussy to Boulez and Stockhausen. He wrote a series of articles giving a detailed analysis of different aspects of contemporary compositional techniques and at same time actively experimented as a composer, trying to find his own way.

After graduating from the Moscow Conservatory, he taught orchestration and later composition there. His pupils included the composers Dmitri Smirnov, Elena Firsova, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Sokolov, Yuri Kasparov, Dmitri Kapyrin, and Aleksandr Shchetinskiy. See: List of music students by teacher: C to F#Edison Denisov.

In 1979, at the Sixth Congress of the Union of Soviet Composers, he was blacklisted as one of "Khrennikov's Seven" for unapproved participation in a number of festivals of Soviet music in the West.

Denisov became a leader of the Association for Contemporary Music reestablished in Moscow in 1990. Later he moved to France, where after an accident and long illness he died in a Saint-Mandé hospital in 1996.


Music


Denisov's cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble Le soleil des Incas (1964), setting poems by Gabriela Mistral and dedicated to Pierre Boulez, brought him international recognition following a series of successful performances of the work in Darmstadt and Paris (1965). Igor Stravinsky liked the piece, discovering the "remarkable talent" of its composer. However, it was harshly criticised by the Union of Soviet Composers for its "western influences", "erudition instead of creativity", and "total composer's arbitrary" (Tikhon Khrennikov). After that, performances of his works were frequently banned in the Soviet Union.

Later he wrote a flute concerto for Aurèle Nicolet, a violin concerto for Gidon Kremer, works for the oboist Heinz Holliger, clarinettist Eduard Brunner and a sonata for alto saxophone and piano for Jean-Marie Londeix,[2] that became highly popular among saxophone players.

His sombre but striking Requiem, setting a multi-lingual text (English, French, German, and Latin) based on works by the German writer Francisco Tanzer, was given its first performance in Hamburg in 1980.

Among his major works are the operas L'écume des jours after Boris Vian (1981), Quatre Filles after Pablo Picasso (1986) and ballet Confession after Alfred de Musset.


Honours and awards



Selected works



References


  1. Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 169–171. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
  2. Cummins, John (2018). The saxophone music of Thierry Escaich (Doctor of Musical Arts thesis). University of Iowa. doi:10.17077/etd.0nyo-qdwy.
  3. Kreichi, Stanislav (Nov 10, 1997). "The ANS Synthesizer: Composing on a Photoelectronic Instrument". Retrieved 13 October 2014.

Bibliography





На других языках

[de] Edisson Wassiljewitsch Denissow

Edisson Wassiljewitsch Denissow (russisch Эдисон Васильевич Денисов, oft auch in der Schreibung Edison Denisov; * 6. April 1929 in Tomsk, Sibirien; † 24. November 1996 in Paris) war ein sowjetisch-russischer Komponist und Musiktheoretiker. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Komponisten der russischen Moderne.
- [en] Edison Denisov

[es] Edison Denísov

Edison Vasílievich Denísov (Ruso: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов) (6 de abril 1929, Tomsk, Rusia — 24 de noviembre 1996, París, Francia) fue un compositor ruso que perteneció a la corriente estética del Serialismo, pero con una clara componente lírica nacida de múltiples lecturas y asimismo de la tradición rusa.[1]

[ru] Денисов, Эдисон Васильевич

Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов (6 апреля 1929, Томск — 24 ноября 1996, Париж) — советский и российский композитор, музыковед, общественный деятель, народный артист Российской Федерации (1994)[6].


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