Alexander Shchetynsky
ALEXANDER SHCHETINSKY (1960 in Kharkov) was a student of V Borisov at the Kharkov Art Institute untill 1983, when he graduated. During 1982-1990 he worked as a teacher at the music school, since 1991 he returned to Kharkov Art Institute and teaches composition, instrumentation and leads special contemporary music courses. In 1990 he was awarded the 1st Prize and a Special Prize at the 3rd International Composers' Competition of Kazimierz Serocki in Poland (for a piece for chamber orchestra Glossolalie) and in 1991 the 1st prize at the 4th International Composition Competition of Sacred Music in Fribourg (for The Preacher's Word). This year he received the 2nd prize at the 3rd International Composition Competition of Witold Lutosławski. Shchetinsky participated in several composition courses in Poland and Denmark. He co-organizes various contemporary chamber music festivals in Russia and in the Ukraine. Since 1989 his compositions are presented regularly on the stages abroad.
Works (selection): Concerto for cello and orchestra (1982), Sonata for accordion (1983), Antiphons for cello and piano (1983), From the Poetry of Pavel Movchan, song cycle (1984), Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1985/87), Sonata for viola solo (1985/87), Suite for clarinet and piano (1987/90), Intersections for orchestra and oboe solo (1988), Glossolalie for chamber orchestra (1989), Cryptogram for vibraphone (1989), Sonata for violin and piano (1990), Lament for chamber ensemble (1990), Way to Meditation for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1990), Face to Star for chamber ensemble (1991), String Quartet (1991), Near the Entrance for tape (1990, The Preacher's Word for soprano and string quartet (1991), Looking at the Sky for 2 flutes and piano (1991), Quintet for 4 Recorders, Vibraphone and Tam-Tam (1990, Sound for Sound for percussion (1992), La naissance de Jean-Baptiste for children's choir and percussion (1992), Three Sketches in Quarter-tones for two guitars (1992), Concerto for flute and orchestra (1993), Crosswise for alto saxophone and cello (1993),Aria for trombone (1994), Lentopensieroso for bassoon(1994), Winter Elegy for alto saxophone and chamber ensemble (1994), In Low Voices for clarinet, violin, 2 violas, double-bass and accordion (1995), Annunciation, chamber opera for soprano (also percussion) and piano (also percussion) (1998), The Blind Swallow, opera-essay (2002), Verwandlung, opera (2004), Romeo and Giulietta, fragment, music and sound installation to the drama performance (2005).