Galina grigorjeva biography

  • Galina Grigorjeva was born

    • Ondine, February 2016, ODE 1245-2
    Works for Chamber Choir and Chamber Ensembles
    Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
    Theatre of Voices
    YXUS Quartet
    Conrad Steimnann, recorder
    Paul Hillier, conductor

    Svjatki for mixed choir (1997/2004)
    Salve Regina for vocal quartet and string quartet (2013)
    Diptych for male chorus (2011)
    Lament for recorder (2000)
    Nature morte for mixed choir (2008)
    In paradisum for mixed choir (2012)

    Sound Engineer Preben Iwan

    Ondine is proud to release this disc of choral works dedicated to Estonian composer Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962). The works, recorded in the presence of the composer, are being performed by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir conducted by Paul Hillier.

    Galina Grigorjeva, originally born in Ukraine, is known for her deeply spiritual and timeless sacred vocal works. The title piece of the disc, Nature Morte, is a powerful spiritual work based on poetry by Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996). Some elements of folk music can also be heard in the vocal suite Svjatki which uses Russian folk texts. Other vocal pieces on the disc follow traditional Latin and Slavic liturgical texts.

    The recordings by the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir have gathered positive reviews in the worldwide press. This recording is the fifth release by the choir on Ondine.

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    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Ahn, Won Joo

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    https://hdl.handle.net/2142/109344

    Description

    Title
    An introduction to the choral music of Galina Grigorjeva
    Author(s)
    Ahn, Won Joo
    Issue Date
    2020-10-26
    Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
    Megill, Andrew
    Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
    Megill, Andrew
    Committee Member(s)
    • Coleman, Barrington L.
    • Solya, Andrea
    • Sweet, Bridget
    Department of Study
    Music
    Discipline
    Music
    Degree Granting Institution
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Degree Name
    A.Mus.D.
    Degree Level
    Dissertation
    Date of Ingest
    2021-03-05T21:36:51Z
    Keyword(s)
    • Galina Grigorjeva
    • Choral Music
    • Estonian Composer
    • Russian Orthodox
    • Znamenny Chant
    Abstract
    This study will examine Galina Grigorjeva’s compositional style and the influence of the Russian Orthodox tradition on her choral music. Grigorjeva, born in 1962, is a Ukraine-born Estonian composer, and has written over seventy compositions to date, twenty-two of which are choral works. She currently works as a freelancer composer in Tallinn, Estonia. This study begins with Grigorjeva’s professional biography and an overview of her background and education. It includes a discussion of Byzantine and Znamenny chants and how these traditions contribute to a deeper understanding of Grigorjeva’s music. It will then discuss some of the musical influences and the characteristics of Grigorjeva’s music, including her approach to rhythm, text, harmony, texture, timbre, and melody. Three selected choral works—On Leaving (1999), Nature Morte (2008), and In paradisum (2012)—which collectively exemplify the composer’s unique compositional style will then be investigated. Additionally, this study will offer an annotated catalog of Grigorjeva’s entire choral output to benefit readers in adding fresh choral repertoire. The purpose of this exploration is to introduce this great composer and her works to choral musicians looking for hid
  • Galina Grigorjeva is a Ukrainian

    • University of Tartu Symphony Orchestra in Tartu

    Irina Zahharenkova

    University of Tartu Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn

    Galina Grigorjeva (b.1962) was born in the Crimea, studied at Odessa Conservatory, graduated in 1991 from Juri Falik’s class at the St Petersburg Conservatory, and completed her Master’s degree in 1998 at the Estonian Music Academy under the supervision of Lepo Sumera. She is currently a truly original composer in Estonia. The state of her musical focus is something akin to Arvo Pärt tintinnabuli works, yet musical colour is given to the works by her Slavic cultural heritage, where Grigorjeva feels belonging. The texts of her works are mostly chosen from Russian sources: Russian folk songs and Russian poets, and increasingly, she has turned to texts from the Russian Orthodox Church, and has studied earlier Russian Orthodox Church music and the spiritual verse forms. These studies have deeply affected her –the human voice, melody, and aspects of early music are discernable in her instrumental works.

    Galina Grigorjeva

    (1962-)

    Theatre of Voices Edition

    Galina Grigorjeva was born in the Crimea, Ukraine. She studied at Odessa Conservatory and St Petersburg Conservatory. She later moved to Tallinn to study with Lepo Sumera and has remained in Estonia as a resident where she now works as a freelance composer. Performers of her music have included Hortus Musicus (Andres Mustonen), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (Paul Hillier), Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Constantine Orbelian), Kremerata Baltica (Gidon Kremer), Moscow Patriarchate Choir (Anatoly Grindenko), State Choir Latvia, Kroumata Percussion Ensemble (Sweden), and the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet.

    Theatre of Voices Edition is a publishing initiative founded by and under the artistic leadership of the singer and conductor Paul Hillier. Each publication is prepared carefully to meet the standards of professional choir singers and conductors of the 21st century.

  • Galina Grigorjeva is a Ukrainian composer