Dmitri Kourliandski

Dmitri Kourliandski was born in 1976 in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory and completed post-graduate course led by Leonid Bobylev. Attended master classes given by many Russian and foreign composers.

His compositions won several prizes at the international composers competitions, including the Gaudeamus Prize 2003 in the Netherlands, 2010 Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award in Switzerland, 2011 Johann Joseph Fux opera composition competition (Austria). In 2008 he was artist-in-residence of the Berliner Künstlerprogramm and in 2010 – composer-in-residence of the 2E2M ensemble in Paris. He collaborated with such musicians as Teodor Currentzis, Fedor Lednev, Susanna Mälkki, Roland Kluttig, SWR orchestra, Stockholm New Chamber Orchestra, MusicAeterna orchestra, Moscow symphony orchestra, Yekaterinburg philharmonic orchestra, ensembles InterContemporain, KlangForum Wien, Contrechamps, Schoenberg/ASKO, 2E2M, l’Itineraire, KNM, Elision, Nadar, MCME, Studio for New Music and many others. His music is heard at Donaueschinger Musiktagen, Venice biennale, Huddersfield festival, Musica Strasbourg, Wien Modern, MaerzMusik, Acht Bruecken, Archipel and many other festivals and concerts in Europe, South and North America, Asia and Australia. He has received commissions from many Russian and European festivals, ensembles and foundations. His works are published by Editions Jobert.

Mr. Kourliandski is the founder and editor-in-chief of Tribuna Sovremennoi Muzyki (Tribune of Contemporary Music, 2005-2009), the first Russian journal dealing with contemporary music issues. He is a co-founder of the Structural Resistance (StRes) group of composers and member of the Composers’ Union of Russia. Artistic director of the International Academy of Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in Tchaikovsky city.

From 2004, Dmitri Kourliandski designates his creative search as “objective music”. “The concept of music as an object, a visual phenomenon, is opposite to romantic concept characterized by evolution of music in time (which is largely typical of contemporary music, too). In my music, there is no evolution, there is no action. Some compositions can give the listener an impression of action, of dramaturgy. But this is simply a consequence of human perception: when something exists in time, something always happens within us. A human being can feel, experience, think in his innermost being, without this being caused by an exterior action: the action is inner”. “I love kinetic sculptures. I like something that seems static and yet at the same time provokes a multitude of thoughts. Formally, my compositions can be defined as a mechanisms whereby if you press a button all the music comes out. Listeners are invited to notice how the piece functions.” (From the interview to Makis Solomos. Logbook of the Ensemble Aleph 3rd International Forum for Young Composers. France, 2004). Dmitri Kourliandski’s language completely rejects traditional instrumental sounding. “There can be no restrictions on art. “Abnormal” sounds do not contradict today’s language position. On the contrary, such sounds form new active fields, where the decisive element is not the reliance on available experience, but the possibility of gaining new one.” (“Objective Music. From General to Particular”. Tribune of Contemporary Music, No. 1/4, 2006).

Source: Dmitri Kourliandski website

Дмитрий Курляндский родился в Москве в 1976 году. Окончил Московскую консерваторию и аспирантуру у Леонида Бобылева. Принимал участие в мастер классах многих российских и зарубежных композиторов. Сочинения были отмечены на конкурсах в России, Франции, Англии. В 2003 году стал победителем международного конкурса Гаудеамус в Голландии. Победитель Gianni Bergamo Classic Music Award 2010 в Швейцарии. В 2008 – гость Берлинской программы для деятелей искусств. В 2010 – композитор ансамбля 2Е2М (Франция). Победитель конкурса на оперное сочинение Иоганна Йозефа Фукса в Австрии 2011.

Музыка Дмитрия Курляндского регулярно звучит в концертах и на фестивалях, включая Donaueschingen, MaerzMusik, Venice biennale, Musica Strasbourg, Huddersfield, Athens festival, Archipel (Женева), Transart, Klangspuren Schwaz, Elektra Montreal, ISCM WMD, Warsaw Autumn, Территория и многие другие. Его музыка транслируется на радио во всем мире, программы-портреты на France Musique, Deutschlandradio Kultur, RBB, Radionova (Норвегия), CKUT (Канада).

Дмитрий Курляндский сотрудничал с такими дирижерами, как Теодор Курентзис, Федор Леднев, Райнберт де Леу, Роланд Клуттиг, Пьер Рулье, Юрьен Хемпел, Джорджио Бернаскони и др. Среди исполнителей – оркестры SWR, MusicAeterna, J.Futura, Московский симфонический оркестр, Оркестр Свердловской филармонии и др., ансамбли KlangForum Wien, ASKO и Schoenberg, InterContemporain, 2E2M, L’Itineraire, Contrechamps, KNM, Aleph, Slagwerkgroep den Haag, Champ d’action, Kairos quartet, Sonar quartet, Московский Ансамбль Современной Музыки, eNsemble, Студя Новой Музыки, Татьяна Гринденко и Опус Пост и многие другие. Дмитрий получал заказы от многих Российских и европейских фестивалей, ансамблей, фондов. Сочинения издаются Editions Jobert.

Дмитрий – основатель и главный редактор первого в России журнала, посвященного современной музыке – Трибуна Современной Музыки (2005-2009). Один из основателей группы композиторов Сопротивление Материала (СоМа). Член союза композиторов России. Художественный руководитель Международной академии Московского Ансамбля Современной Музыки в городе Чайковском.

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