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Biography

Evgeni Kostitsyn was born into the family of a general surgeon and a social worker in Eastern Ukraine, during the time of the former Soviet Union. He began studying music at the age of seven. At fourteen, he left home and family for Kharkiv, where he studied for five years at the Special Music School for Musically Gifted Children. A surgeon operating General surgery, despite its name, is a surgical specialty that focuses on surgical treatment of abdominal organs, e. ... A social worker is a person employed in the administration of charity, social service, welfare, and poverty agencies, advocacy, or religious outreach programs. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Kharkiv highlighted. ...

In 1988, as his master’s thesis at the Kharkiv Institute of Arts, he composed and premiered his first symphony. Reception of the work was mixed, as some criticized the piece for notoriously requiring two conductors (considered at the time unprofessional). Ironically, Kostitsyn's poly-conductor music (including his third symphony, which requires nine conductors) was later canonized and is in use today as standard material for study at major Eastern European conservatories. The poly-conductor technique is now considered by some musicologists to be a logical extension of poly-tempo music. Look up thesis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A symphony is an extended composition usually for orchestra and usually comprising four movements. ... Regions of Europe as delineated by the United Nations (UN definition of Eastern Europe marked salmon):  Northern Europe  Western Europe  Eastern Europe  Southern Europe Pre-1989 division between the West (grey) and Eastern Bloc (orange) superimposed on current national boundaries: Russia (dark orange), other countries of the former USSR (medium... A university school of music or college of music, or academy of music or conservatoire (British English) — also known as a conservatory (American English) or a conservatorium (Australian English) — is a higher education institution dedicated to teaching the art of music, including the playing of musical instruments, musical composition, musicianship... A musicologist is someone who studies musicology. ...

From 1988-1991, Kostitsyn studied privately with composer Edison Denisov (of Soviet "non-conformist" fame) at the Moscow Conservatory of Music. In 1993, Kostitsyn translated (from German into Russian) the first textbook on Dodecaphony for use in conservatories of Eastern Europe. Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 - November 24, 1996) was a Russian composer from Tomsk, Siberia. ... In English history, a non-conformist is any member of a Protestant congregation not affiliated with the Church of England. ... The Moscow Conservatory (Московская Государственная Консерватория им. П.И.Чайковского) is a prominent music school in Russia. ... Twelve-tone technique is a system of musical composition devised by Arnold Schoenberg. ...

His multimedia composition How I Made This, based on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, won first place at the first Ukrainian international competition for composers in 1998, which was later renamed "The Evgeni Kostitsyn International Competition for Composers." The United States government invited Kostitsyn to live and work in America as part of the "Persons with Extraordinary Achievements and Abilities" initiative in 1999. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30th August 1797-1st February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist, the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... {{Infobox Book | ...

In 2000, he founded CDK Music record label in Boca Raton Florida, which produces and licenses compact discs and music videos (specializing in Russian performers) for distribution throughout the U.S., Canada, and Western Europe. CDK Music (www.cdkmusic.com) is the largest outside-of-Russia catalogue of Russian produced recordings of classical music. Since then, Kostitsyn has become infamous as a musical historian for the controversial booklet notes he has authored. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Boca Raton is a city located in Palm Beach County, Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A license or licence is a document or agreement giving permission to do something. ... CD re-directs here; see Cd for other meanings of CD. Image of a compact disc (pencil included for scale) A compact disc (or CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. ... Look up distribution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... A common understanding of Western Europe in modern times. ... A History of Western Music Seventh Edition by J. Peter Burkholder, Donald J. Grout, and Claude V. Palisca (affectioned called Grout) is one of several popular books used to teach Music History in North America. ...

From 2001 to 2002, Kostitsyn conducted research on the musical implications of the Eurythmy of Anthroposophist and educator Rudolf Steiner at the American Eurythmy School in Weed, C.A., one of two such professional training institutions in the U.S. Eurythmy is a movement art originated by Rudolf Steiner in the early 20th century. ... Anthroposophy is a course of study founded by Rudolf Steiner that he described as spiritual science. It is an attempt to investigate and describe spiritual phenomena by means of soul-observations using scientific methodology.[1] Anthroposophical research attempts to investigate and describe a spiritual world, individual spiritual beings (arranged in... Rudolf Steiner. ...

Musicology

Evgeni Kostitsyn’s music is influenced by the "polystylism" of German/Russian composer Alfred Schnittke, who Kostitsyn studied with briefly in 1989. The focus of Kostitsyn's composition is his emergent technique "synchronous music," the simultaneous unfolding of multiple pieces of music. The interrelationship of different pieces is the basis for the organization of a work's overall form. Aspects of a work's form (such as introduction, exposition, development, climax, conclusion, and coda) are defined by the quantity and complexity of individual compositions being used. For example, in a piece of synchronous music, a work might open with one piece sounding (introduction), then begin a second piece (exposition), and quickly bring back the first in simultaneity with the second (development). A third (or more) piece(s) might begin and perform in simultaneity with the first two to form the climax of the composition, and one or more of the most recent pieces might conclude alone as a coda. Each of the individual works that make up a piece of synchronous music possess their own forms, styles, tempi, timbres, and principles of development and are often performed by different ensembles or groups inside of an orchestra or choir. This "formation of forms" could be said to be the most remarkable contribution of Kostitsyn's work. Polystylism is the use of multiple styles or techniques of music, and is seen as a postmodern characteristic. ... Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998) was a Russian-German Jewish composer. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ... The term musical form refers to two related concepts: the type of composition (for example, a musical work can have the form of a symphony, a concerto, or other another generic type -- see Multi-movement forms below) the structure of a particular piece (for example, a piece can be writeen... In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. ... Musical development is the transformation and restatement of initial material, often contrasted with musical variation, with which it may be difficult to distinguish as a general process. ... Coda sign Coda (Italian for tail; from the Latin cauda), in music, is a passage which brings a movement or a separate piece to a conclusion through prolongation. ... Simultaneity is the property of two events happening at the same time in at least ONE Reference frame. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... This article is about tempo in music. ... In music, timbre is the quality of a musical note which distinguishes different types of musical instrument. ... A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who gather to perform music. ... A philharmonic orchestra An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually a fairly large instrumental ensemble with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. ... A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. ...

Another significant development resulting from Kostitsyn's creative activity is that of "musical cubism." Aspects of some of his music are direct assimilations of the painting technique of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. In Kostitsyn's cubist music, shapes are drawn by broken lines on a score and used to fill space as time unfolds. The shapes are identified by the presence or absence of sounds. The instruments performing a shape are organized from high to low ranges vertically, so the duration of notes from each range delineates the shape (such as a circle - where middle-ranged pitches might be held for the longest time, while increasingly higher and lower pitches might sound for shorter periods relative to their places near the top and bottom of the circle). Three basic shapes or their elements are represented by different musical material, characters, tempos, dynamics and groups of instruments. They interact and develop during the course of a composition according to the same principles of Kostitsyn's synchronisity. The Symbolic meaning of musical shapes refers to the classical interpretation of the "three basic figures." It has been suggested that Analytic cubism, Synthetic cubism be merged into this article or section. ... Painter redirects here. ... Violin and Candlestick, Paris, spring 1910 (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) Georges Braque (May 13, 1882 – August 31, 1963) was a French painter and sculptor who, with Pablo Picasso developed cubism and the cubist style, to become one of the major figures of 20th-century art. ... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ...

As a pianist, Kostitsyn has performed at major venues, including the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. Several of his compositions include piano - most notably, his piano sonatas and his 23 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, in which one musician performs several pieces of music simultaneously on one instrument. About this work, the composer said, "When Bach and Shostakovich wrote their cycles, the tradition was to write 24 sets (one for each key in the western tradition); I wrote 23 sets, because my music is polystylistic, so some parts are tonal while others are atonal or even pitchless. I did not write 25 sets, because I wanted to respect the other composers - not show them up." To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In music many composers have composed a Opus of 24 Preludes and Fugues. ... In music, the BACH motif is the sequence of notes B flat, A, C, B natural. ... Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich (Russian Дмитрий Дмитриевич Шостакович) (September 25, 1906 – August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... In Music theory, the key is the tonal center of a piece. ... Western music is the genres of music originating in the Western world (Europe and its former colonies) including Western classical music, American Jazz, Country and Western, pop music and rock and roll. ... Tonality is a system of writing music according to certain hierarchical pitch relationships around a key center or tonic. ... Atonality in a general sense describes music that departs from the system of tonal hierarchies that are said to characterized the sound of classical European music from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries. ...

In Kostitsyn's poly-conductor works, each Minor Conductor coordinates the performance of their own smaller ensemble within the larger cast of musicians. And the Principal Conductor shapes the overall form of the performance by coordinating the individual minor conductors.

Many of Kostitsyn's works are politically and socially charged. He has set to music speeches by members of the British Royal family, including Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, and American presidents and politicians, such as Ronald Reagan and John Kerry. Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The... Prince Charles may refer to: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, current heir-apparent to the British throne Any of the previous British royals named Charles, Prince of Wales The former Belgian regent, Prince Charles of Belgium This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. ...

His controversial opera, Dodi and Diani, is about the alleged love and assassination of Princess Diana and Dodi al-Fayed. Kostitsyn's Ring of Three American Requiems is a collection of "Masses for Democracy," in which American poets and speeches by American politicians past and present, including George W. Bush, are set to music in simultaneity with traditional Latin Requiem texts. The First Requiem is in direct response to the world trade center attacks of September 11, 2001. In one movement, the character Osama bin Laden sings from the Koran, "We fight for His cause and slay and are slain..." Kostitsyn created a minor controversy when he decided to donate profits from sales of the Requiem to "aid Iraqi children." Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ... Emad El-Din Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed (Arabic: عماد الدين محمد عبد المنعم الفايد ) (April 15, 1955 – August 31, 1997), better known as Dodi Fayed, was the son of the Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed (Arabic: محمد الفايد), owner of the British department store Harrods, Fulham Football Club and the Hôtel Ritz Paris. ... The Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known formally (in Latin) as the Missa pro defunctis or Missa defunctorum, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church and, in a wholly different ritual form and texts, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches as well as the Anglican High Church and certain... Masses may refer to: Mass (music) Mass Mass (liturgy) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... This article is about the date September 11 in general. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Laden (Arabic: ‎; born March 10, 1957 [1]), most commonly known as Osama bin Laden is a militant Islamist and one of the founders of al-Qaeda. ... The Quran (Arabic al-qurʾān أَلْقُرآن; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the holy book of Islam. ...

Audio Samples

• Dies Irae (excerpt) for Mixed Choir and Large Symphony Orchestra
• Sonata for Cello and Piano (entire recording), composer performs as pianist
• Symphony No. 3 (excerpt from minuet) for Large Symphony Orchestra & 9 Conductors
• Grotesque Country Jazz (excerpt) for Large Symphony Orchestra
• American Requiem I (excerpt) for Mixed Choir and Large Symphony Orchestra, featuring Pavel Derkach of the Bolshoi Opera

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Selected Works

• 23 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, inspired by the cycles of 24 Preludes and Fugues by Bach and Shostakovich.
• 3 Vectors for any wind instrument and piano
• American Requiem I for vocal soloists, two mixed choirs, and symphony orchestra
• American Requiem II for violin, vocal sextet, symphony orchestra, and actor
• American Requiem III for vocal soloists, mixed choir, large symphony orchestra and tape-recorder
• Children's Album
• Concert for Piano and Orchestra
• "Dodi and Diana", opera about the love and assassination of Princess Diana and Dodi al Fayed
• "First Chapter, First Verse" for piano quintet and trumpet
• Flute Quartet
• "From Ukraine with Love" for whip, [soprano], baritone, clarinet, violin and cello
• "George's Big Bike Ride" for adult male voice and piano
• "Golden Calf", opera after the novel of Ilf and Petrov
• "How I Made This" based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for cl (Bb), bsn, tbn, tba, tam-tam, accordion, cello, listener, radio and painting
• "I Prevailed Over the World" for vocal quartet and 3 trumpets, texts of 4 Gospels in 4 languages
• "In Light Breathing" for saxophone quartet
• "In Memory of Alfred Hitchcock" inspired by the aesthetics of film maker Alfred Hitchcock for mixed choir and large symphony orchestra
• "Knock!" for quintet of percussion instruments, accordion, and tape recorder
• "Manna" for 5 tenors, 4 baritones, 3 basses, shawm and cow bells
• Military and Funeral Marches for symphony orchestra
• "Na Pali Coast" ("Sea", "Clouds" and "Rocks") for organ
• "Numbers: Chapter 6" for mixed choir and chamber orchestra, in English
• Offertorium for Piano, dedicated to Wolfgang Mozart
• Oktet for 2 wind quartets
• Piano Sonata #1
• Piano Sonata #2
• "Quaestia Temporis" for big band, drums, guitar, piano, bass guitar, violin and synthesizer
• "Seventy Virgins" for symphony orchestra
• Sonata for Cello and Piano
• Sonata for Violin and Piano
• Sonata for Bassoon, Viola, Tape, Bells and Cinema
• "Pushkin's Romance" (String Quartet #1) based on 8 love poems by Alexander Pushkin
• String Quartet #2 for string quartet, 2 flutes, clarinet, and bassoon
• String Quartet #3 for string quartet, vibraphone, timpani, piano, conga, jazz-batteria
• "Summer Night in Baghdad" for symphony orchestra
• Symphony #1 for two conductors and symphony orchestra
• Symphony #2, polytempo music for quintet (piano, flute, oboe, horn, bassoon) and orchestra
• Symphony #3 for chorus, orchestra and 9 conductors
• Symphony #4 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba, 2 percussionists, accordion, harp, piano, bass guitar, vocal sextet, and strings 44444
• Symphony #5 for symphony orchestra, actors and audience
• "Thank You" for oboe, soprano, guitar and compere
• Variations for Violin and Bells
• "Vodka Erofeich" for baritone, 5 actors, author, brass-quintet and double bass
• Water Formula for tenor saxophone and double bass