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Акопов Владимир
Agopov Vladimir
http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&agopov+vladimir
Vladimir Agopov Владимир Акопов
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
S?velt?j?muotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3-3-3-2-1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1-1-1-1-1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Po?me
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkil?, flute, Helka Kym?l?inen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit S?dergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du s?kte
3. Grimace d'artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: H?nsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3-3-2-2-1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Po?me
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
Vladimir Agopov
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
Säveltäjämuotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&agopov+vladimir
http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&agopov+vladimir
Vladimir Agopov Владимир Акопов
(November 23, 1953)
Profile and Articles
Curriculum Vitae
List of Works
Discography
Direct address:
www.fimic.fi/agopov
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov
Born in an Armenian family in Luhansk, USSR in 1953, the composer Vladimir Agopov has been a welcome and successful addition to the Finnish musical scene since 1987. Although orientally exotic on the surface, Agopov as a composer nonetheless belongs very much to the modern western world of music. Before coming to Finland, he has passed his diploma in Moscow where he studied composition with Aram Khachaturian and instrumentation with Edison Denisov. He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy from 1979 to 1985 with Paavo Heininen as his teacher. Since 1982 he has been teacher of music theory at the Sibelius Academy.
Vladimir Agopov's music is modern in its mode of composition and its resources. The composer nevertheless succeeds in maintaining contact with tradition and genuine musicality. He strives to penetrate musical substance; he does not allow expression to be the rhetorical superficiality of a mere gesture nor does he drown in its pretty structural detail. The events of his compositions are often dominated by a specific holistic thinking which materializes through the medium of a firm mini-structure. Sometimes, as in his String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, the result may be a grand and multitonal monologue - colourful, vigorous and exciting - rather than the traditional conversation we are used to in chamber music.
The holistic thinking is perhaps most evident in that work of Agopov which has aroused the greatest attention, his Cello Concerto, composed in 1984. It was given its first performance in autumn 1987 with Arto Noras as the soloist accompanied by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. In it the orchestra and solo instrument enter into an exceptionally well-balanced dialogue. Both maintain their own sovereignty, both are equally active and interesting. However, together they produce the really genuine discourse of the solo concerto - and at the same time what is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding concertos in modern Finnish music.
© Einojuhani Rautavaara
Contemporary Music
Selected Works of Vladimir Agopov
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Contemporary Music
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&agopov+vladimir
Vladimir Agopov
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
Säveltäjämuotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
Акопов Владимир
Agopov Vladimir
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Vladimir Agopov Владимир Акопов
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
S?velt?j?muotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3-3-3-2-1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1-1-1-1-1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Po?me
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkil?, flute, Helka Kym?l?inen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit S?dergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du s?kte
3. Grimace d'artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: H?nsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3-3-2-2-1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Po?me
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
Vladimir Agopov
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
Säveltäjämuotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
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Vladimir Agopov Владимир Акопов
(November 23, 1953)
Profile and Articles
Curriculum Vitae
List of Works
Discography
Direct address:
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Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov
Born in an Armenian family in Luhansk, USSR in 1953, the composer Vladimir Agopov has been a welcome and successful addition to the Finnish musical scene since 1987. Although orientally exotic on the surface, Agopov as a composer nonetheless belongs very much to the modern western world of music. Before coming to Finland, he has passed his diploma in Moscow where he studied composition with Aram Khachaturian and instrumentation with Edison Denisov. He continued his studies at the Sibelius Academy from 1979 to 1985 with Paavo Heininen as his teacher. Since 1982 he has been teacher of music theory at the Sibelius Academy.
Vladimir Agopov's music is modern in its mode of composition and its resources. The composer nevertheless succeeds in maintaining contact with tradition and genuine musicality. He strives to penetrate musical substance; he does not allow expression to be the rhetorical superficiality of a mere gesture nor does he drown in its pretty structural detail. The events of his compositions are often dominated by a specific holistic thinking which materializes through the medium of a firm mini-structure. Sometimes, as in his String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8, the result may be a grand and multitonal monologue - colourful, vigorous and exciting - rather than the traditional conversation we are used to in chamber music.
The holistic thinking is perhaps most evident in that work of Agopov which has aroused the greatest attention, his Cello Concerto, composed in 1984. It was given its first performance in autumn 1987 with Arto Noras as the soloist accompanied by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. In it the orchestra and solo instrument enter into an exceptionally well-balanced dialogue. Both maintain their own sovereignty, both are equally active and interesting. However, together they produce the really genuine discourse of the solo concerto - and at the same time what is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding concertos in modern Finnish music.
© Einojuhani Rautavaara
Contemporary Music
Selected Works of Vladimir Agopov
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Contemporary Music
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
http://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&agopov+vladimir
Vladimir Agopov
(November 23, 1953)
Vladimir Agopov: Profile and Articles
Profile
Composer in Profile: Vladimir Agopov (Einojuhani Rautavaara)
Vladimir Agopov (in Kimmo Korhonen: Inventing Finnish Music, 2003)
Articles
Agopov's orchestral works & concertos 1995-2005 (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish orchestral music and concertos 1995-2005, 2006)
Agopov's chamber works (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Chamber Music, 2001)
Vladimir Agopov: Cello Concerto (in Kimmo Korhonen: Finnish Concertos, 1995)
Säveltäjämuotokuva ja artikkeleita
Agopovin kamarimusiikista (Kimmo Korhonen: Suomalainen kamarimusiikki, 1999)
Vladimir Agopov: Curriculum vitae
(b. November 23, 1953 in Voroshilovgrad [now Luhansk], Ukraina)
in Finland since 1978; Finnish citizen
Studies
- diploma in composition in Moscow Conservatory 1977 (teachers: Aram Khachaturian 1972-1977; instrumentation: Edison Denisov)
- further studeis at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki 1978-1984 (teacher: Paavo Heininen)
Teaching
- lecturer at the Sibelius Academy since 1988
Memberships
- The Society of Finnish Composers since 1982
Grants
- Sibelius Foundation
- Finnish Arts Council
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
The most important works
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra "Tres viae" (1984/1987)
- Music for Chamber Orchestra (awarded in a national composition competition 1982)
- Decimetto for chamber orchestra (1997)
- String Quartets No. 1 (1982) and 2 (1988)
- Ergo for violin and piano (2nd prize in a composition competition of the Sibelius Violin Competition 1985)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano (1981)
- Four Songs to Words by Alice Meynell (soprano, flute and accordion; 1986)
- Offrets timme for baritone and piano (1987)
- VA's works has been performed in Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Naantali Festival, in Sibelius Week (Moscow), International Festival of Arts (New York)
(Updated March 2000)
Please note that the texts are protected by the copyright laws. They are free for background use but when referring to these texts or articles please mention the author and source whenever it is known. When not specified, the source is the Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
Latest additions:
Settembre (Aug 27)
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Works for Orchestra
Chamber Works
Vocal Works
Works for the Stage
Publishers and Distributors
Works for Solo Instrument and Orchestra
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op. 10
'Tres Viae'
Composed: 1984/1987
solo cello+ 3333/4331/03/1, piano, strings
Duration: 23'
Fp: Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Helsinki, September 30, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
Works for Orchestra
Music for Chamber Orchestra Op. 3
Composed: 1982
1111/1100, strings (3–3–3–2–1)
Duration: 10'
Fp: Kouvola Orchestra, cond. Eero Bister, Kouvola, October 5, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Awarded in a composition competition in Kouvola, 1982
Decimetto Op. 14
Composed: 1997
1111/0000/1, strings (1–1–1–1–1)
Duration: 8'
Distributor: FIMIC
Settembre Op. 15
Per orchestra grande
Composed: 2004
3333/4331/12/1, strings
Distributor: FIMIC
Chamber Works
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 6
Composed: 1981
Duration: 20'
Fp: Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Vladimir Agopov, piano, Helsinki, May 20, 1981
Distributor: FIMIC
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 8
Composed: 1982
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sakari Oramo, violin I, Jukka Pohjola, violin II, Kaarina Lampinen, viola, Lea Pekkala, cello, UNM Festival, Oslo, August 23, 1982
Distributor: FIMIC
Ergo Op. 9
Composed: 1985
violin and piano
Duration: 7'
Fp: Nachum Erlich, violin, Ilkka Paananen, piano, Helsinki, April 23, 1987
Distributor: FIMIC
2nd prize in a composition competition for the International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition 1985
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 13
Composed: 1988
Duration: 15'
Fp: Sibelius Academy Quartet, Naantali, June 27, 1988
Distributor: FIMIC
Poème
Composed: 1989
cello and piano
Duration: 5'30''
Fp: Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 11, 1989
Publisher: Modus Music
Siciliana
Composed: 1991
violin, cello and piano
Duration: 2'30''
Fp: Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano, Espoo (Finland), November 20, 1991
Publisher: Modus Music
Vocal Works
Four Songs to the Words by Alice Meynell Op. 11
Composed: 1986
soprano, flute and accordion
Text in English
1. Easter Night
2. At Night
3. Renouncement
4. Chimes
Duration: 8'
Fp: Sini Rautavaara, soprano, Eeva Heikkilä, flute, Helka Kymäläinen, accordion, Helsinki, December 9, 1986
Distributor: FIMIC
Offrets timme Op. 12
Composed: 1988
baritone and piano
Text by Edit Södergran (in Swedish) and Arseni Tarkovsky (in Russian)
1. Offrets timme
2. Du sökte
3. Grimace d’artiste
4. Zhizn, zhizn
Duration: 10'
Fp: Juha Kotilainen, baritone, Jouko Laivuori, piano, Gothenburg (Sweden), November 15, 1987
Publisher: Edition Reimers
Works for the Stage
E. Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (Hannu ja Kerttu)
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
Composed: 1996
2121/2000/1, strings (3–3–2–2–1)
Fp: Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, December 26, 1996
Distributor: FIMIC
Music for Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard
Composed: 1998
violin and piano
Fp: Tampere City Theatre, January 28, 1998
Distributor: FIMIC
Vladimir Agopov has also composed solo songs, songs for children, and choral pieces as well as incidental music.
Fp: First performance
Publishers and Distributors
Fimic
Modus Music
Edition Reimers
(Updated August 2004)
Vladimir Agopov: Selected Discography
Finlandia Records CD 544012 (1992)
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra “Tres viae” [Op. 10]
Arto Noras, cello, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond. Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Finlandia FACD 401 (1991)
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano [Op. 6]
Kullervo Kojo, clarinet, Juhani Lagerspetz, piano
Musiikkiopisto Juvenalia MOJCD01 (1992)
Siciliana
Poème
Annika Palas, violin, Sanna Palas, cello, Miira Tuominen, piano
(имя автора стёрто)