Dmitry Nikolayevich Smirnov (composer)
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Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (born 2 November 1948, Minsk
) is a Russia
n and British
(since 1991) composer.
into a family of opera singers and he studied at the Moscow Conservatory
1967-1972 under Nikolai Sidelnikov
, Yuri Kholopov
and Edison Denisov
. He also studied privately with Webern
's pupil Philip Herschkowitz
. He is married to the composer Elena Firsova
. Their children are Philip Firsov
(an artist and sculptor), and Alissa Firsova
(a composer, pianist and conductor).
His Solo for Harp won First Prize in a competition in Maastricht
(1976). His two operas Tiriel
and Thel
on a text by William Blake
were premiered in 1989 (the first at the Freiburg
Festival, Germany
, and the second at the Almeida
Festival in London
). The same year his First Symphony (The Seasons) was performed at the Tanglewood
Festival, United States
. His orchestral Mozart-Variations were staged as a ballet in Pforzheim
in Germany
(1992). Other premieres include the oratorio A Song of Liberty (Leeds
, UK – 1993), Cello Concerto (Manchester
, UK – 1996), cantata Song of Songs, (Geneva
, Switzerland
– 2001) Triple Concerto 2 (LSO
, Barbican
, London
– 2004). Many of Smirnov's works reflect his fascination with the poetry and art of William Blake
.
In 1979 he was blacklisted as one of the "Khrennikov's Seven
" at the Sixth Congress of the Union of Soviet Composers
for unapproved participation in some festivals of Soviet music in the West. He was one of the founders of Russia's new ACM - Association for Contemporary Music
, established in Moscow
in 1990. Since 1991 Smirnov have been resident of England
. He was a Composer-in-Residence at University of Cambridge
(St John's College
), at Dartington
, and Visiting Professor at Keele University
(1993-8). In 1998 Smirnov and his family settled in St Albans
. From 2003 he has taught at the Goldsmiths College
, University of London
.
His work has been performed by the many notable conductors, including: Sir Andrew Davis, Dennis Russell Davies
, Peter Eötvös
, Oliver Knussen
, Vassily Sinaisky
, Pavel Kogan
, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
, Gunther Schuller
, and Yan Pascal Tortelier
. Scores of selected works are available from various publishers including: Hans Sikorski
, Hamburg, Boosey & Hawkes
, London, and G. Schirmer
, New York
.
His books “A Geometer of Sound Crystals” ssm 34 ("studia slavica musicologica", vol. 34), 2003 ISBN 3-928864-99-8 and “The Anatomy of Theme in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas”, ssm 46, ("studia slavica musicologica", vol. 46), 2008, ISBN 978-3-936637-19-9 were published by Ernst Kuhn, Berlin.
Minsk
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) is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n and British
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
(since 1991) composer.
Biography
He was born in MinskMinsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
into a family of opera singers and he studied at the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
1967-1972 under Nikolai Sidelnikov
Nikolai Sidelnikov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov was a Russian Soviet composer.Sidelnikov studied with E. O. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981...
, Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Kholopov
Yuri Nikolaevich Kholopov was a famous Russian musicologist, music theorist, doctor of arts, and professor of the Moscow Conservatoire.-Biography:...
and Edison Denisov
Edison Denisov
Edison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
. He also studied privately with Webern
Anton Webern
Anton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known exponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of...
's pupil Philip Herschkowitz
Philip Herschkowitz
Philipp Herschkowitz was a Romanian-born composer and music theorist, pupil of Alban Berg and Anton Webern, who spent 47 years, from 1940 to 1987, in the Soviet Union.-Biography:...
. He is married to the composer Elena Firsova
Elena Firsova
Elena Olegovna Firsova is a Russian composer.-Life:She was born in Leningrad into the family of physicists Oleg Firsov and Viktoria Lichko. She studied music in Moscow with Alexander Pirumov, Yuri Kholopov, Edison Denisov and Philip Herschkowitz...
. Their children are Philip Firsov
Philip Firsov
Philip Firsov — British painter and sculptor of Russian origin.Born in Moscow in the family of two Russian composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov, he left Russia in the age of 6. The family settled in England...
(an artist and sculptor), and Alissa Firsova
Alissa Firsova
Alissa Firsova is a Russian and British composer, pianist and conductor.Born in Moscow to the composers Elena Firsova and Dmitri Smirnov, she moved to the UK in 1991....
(a composer, pianist and conductor).
His Solo for Harp won First Prize in a competition in Maastricht
Maastricht
Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...
(1976). His two operas Tiriel
Tiriel (opera)
Tiriel is an opera by a Russian composer Dmitri N. Smirnov in three acts with a Symphonic Prologue to his own libretto after a poem of the same title by William Blake....
and Thel
Thel (opera)
Thel or The Lamentations of Thel is a chamber opera in four scenes with Prologue by a Russian composer Dmitri N. Smirnov to his own libretto after William Blake. It was composed in 1985-1986, and is in English ....
on a text by William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
were premiered in 1989 (the first at the Freiburg
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
Festival, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and the second at the Almeida
Almeida
Almeida is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 518 km2 and a total population of 7,784 inhabitants. Located in Riba-Côa river valley, Almeida is an historic town in Beira Interior....
Festival in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
). The same year his First Symphony (The Seasons) was performed at the Tanglewood
Tanglewood
Tanglewood is an estate and music venue in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It is the home of the annual summer Tanglewood Music Festival and the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, and has been the Boston Symphony Orchestra's summer home since 1937. It was the venue of the Berkshire Festival.- History...
Festival, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. His orchestral Mozart-Variations were staged as a ballet in Pforzheim
Pforzheim
Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. It is world-famous for its jewelry and watch-making industry. Until 1565 it was the home to the Margraves of Baden. Because of that it gained the nickname...
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(1992). Other premieres include the oratorio A Song of Liberty (Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
, UK – 1993), Cello Concerto (Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, UK – 1996), cantata Song of Songs, (Geneva
Geneva
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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– 2001) Triple Concerto 2 (LSO
LSO
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, Barbican
Barbican
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, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
– 2004). Many of Smirnov's works reflect his fascination with the poetry and art of William Blake
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
.
In 1979 he was blacklisted as one of the "Khrennikov's Seven
Khrennikov's Seven
Khrennikov’s Seven was a group of seven Russian Soviet composers denounced at the Sixth Congress of the Composers' Union by its leader Tikhon Khrennikov for the unapproved participation in some festivals of Soviet music in the West. Khrennikov called their music "pointlessness... and noisy mud...
" at the Sixth Congress of the Union of Soviet Composers
Union of Soviet Composers
The USSR Union of Composers or Union of Composers of the USSR , , was a professional organisation of composers in the Soviet Union...
for unapproved participation in some festivals of Soviet music in the West. He was one of the founders of Russia's new ACM - Association for Contemporary Music
ACM - Association for Contemporary Music
Association for Contemporary Music was an alternative organization of Russian composers interested in avant-garde music. It was founded by Nikolai Roslavets in 1923. ACM ran concert series and published magazines promoting the modernist music of Mahler, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Krenek, and...
, established in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
in 1990. Since 1991 Smirnov have been resident of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. He was a Composer-in-Residence at University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
(St John's College
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's alumni include nine Nobel Prize winners, six Prime Ministers, three archbishops, at least two princes, and three Saints....
), at Dartington
Dartington
Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 1,917. It is located west of the River Dart, south of Dartington Hall and about two miles from Totnes...
, and Visiting Professor at Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
(1993-8). In 1998 Smirnov and his family settled in St Albans
St Albans
St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...
. From 2003 he has taught at the Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths College
Goldsmiths, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom which specialises in the arts, humanities and social sciences, and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
His work has been performed by the many notable conductors, including: Sir Andrew Davis, Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies
Dennis Russell Davies is an American conductor and pianist. He studied piano and conducting at the Juilliard School where he received his doctorate...
, Peter Eötvös
Peter Eötvös
Péter Eötvös is a Hungarian composer and conductor.Eötvös was born in Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely, Szeklerland, Transylvania . He studied composition in Budapest and Cologne. From 1962, he composed for film in Hungary. Eötvös played regularly with the Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and...
, Oliver Knussen
Oliver Knussen
Oliver Knussen CBE is a British composer and conductor.-Biography:Oliver Knussen was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father, Stuart Knussen, was principal double bass of the London Symphony Orchestra. Oliver Knussen studied composition with John Lambert, between 1963 and 1969 and also received...
, Vassily Sinaisky
Vassily Sinaisky
Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky is a Russian conductor and pianist. He studied conducting with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory and began his career as Assistant to Kirill Kondrashin at the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra...
, Pavel Kogan
Pavel Kogan (conductor)
Pavel Leonidovich Kogan is a Russian violinist and conductor who currently leads the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra....
, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky is a Russian conductor.-Biography:Rozhdestvensky was born in Moscow. His parents were the noted conductor and pedagogue Nikolai Anosov and soprano Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya...
, Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller is an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, and jazz musician.- Biography and works :...
, and Yan Pascal Tortelier
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Yan Pascal Tortelier is an internationally renowned French conductor and violinist and is the son of the late cellist Paul Tortelier.-Biography:...
. Scores of selected works are available from various publishers including: Hans Sikorski
Hans Sikorski
Internationale Musikverlage Hans Sikorski is an international sheet music publishing company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany.The music publishing firm of Hans Sikorski was founded in 1935 and now comprises more than 30 publishers in several European countries and in the USA...
, Hamburg, Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes
Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and wind musical instruments....
, London, and G. Schirmer
G. Schirmer
G. Schirmer Inc. is an American classical music publishing company based in New York City, founded in 1861. It publishes sheet music for sale and rental, and represents some well-known European music publishers in North America, such as the Italian Ricordi, Music Sales Affiliates ChesterNovello,...
, New York
New York
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.
His books “A Geometer of Sound Crystals” ssm 34 ("studia slavica musicologica", vol. 34), 2003 ISBN 3-928864-99-8 and “The Anatomy of Theme in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas”, ssm 46, ("studia slavica musicologica", vol. 46), 2008, ISBN 978-3-936637-19-9 were published by Ernst Kuhn, Berlin.
Selected works
- Piano Sonata no.1 (1967), no.2 (1980), no.3 (1992), no.4 String of Destiny (2000), no.5 (2001), no.6 Blake-Sonata (2008)
- Violin Sonata no.1 (1969), no.2 (1979), no.3 (1998), no.4 (2005)
- Piano Concerto no.1 (1971), no 2 (1978)
- Eternal Refuge for voice and piano trio (also orchestra version) Text by Mikhail BulgakovMikhail BulgakovMikhaíl Afanásyevich Bulgákov was a Soviet Russian writer and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, which The Times of London has called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.-Biography:Mikhail Bulgakov was born on...
(1972) - String Quartet no.1 (1974), no.2 (1985), no.3 (1993), no.4 (1993), no.5 (1994), no.6 (1998), no.7 (2005), no.8 Inferno (2007)
- Clarinet Concerto (1974)
- Pastorale for orchestra (1975)
- Mirages for saxophone Quartet (1975)
- Solo for harp (1976)
- The Sorrow of past Days for voice, flute, percussion, violin and cello. Text by Alexander Pushkin (1976)
- Triple Concerto no.1 for saxophone, piano, double bass, strings & percussion (1977)
- Piano Trio no.1 (197197Year 197 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus...
7), no.2 (1992), no.3 "Tri-o-Tri" (2005) - Cello Sonata (1978)
- The Seasons for voice, flute, viola and harp. Text by William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(1979) - Symphony no.1 The Seasons for orchestra (1980)
- Symphony no.2 Destiny for four soloists, mixed chorus & orchestra. Text by Friedrich HölderlinFriedrich HölderlinJohann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism. Hölderlin was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism, particularly his early association with and philosophical influence on his...
(1982) - The Night Rhymes cantata for voice & orchestra. Text by Alexander Pushkin (1982)
- TirielTiriel (opera)Tiriel is an opera by a Russian composer Dmitri N. Smirnov in three acts with a Symphonic Prologue to his own libretto after a poem of the same title by William Blake....
an opera after William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(1983-1985) - The Lamentations of Thel chamber opera after William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(1986) - Mozart-Variations for orchestra (1987)
- The Visions of Coleridge for voice and 10 players. Text by S. T. Coleridge (1987)
- Songs of Love and Madness for voice, clarinet, celesta, harp & string trio.Text by William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(1988) - The Seven Angels of William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
for piano (1988) - Blake’s Pictures (ballet): The Moonlight Story (1988), Jacob’s Ladder (1990), Abel (1991), The River of Life (1992)
- Eight-line Poems for voice, flute, horn, harp and string trio. Text by Osip MandelstamOsip MandelstamOsip Emilyevich Mandelstam was a Russian poet and essayist who lived in Russia during and after its revolution and the rise of the Soviet Union. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school of poets...
- Violin Concerto no.1 (1990), no.2 (1995). no.3 (1996)
- A Song of Liberty oratorio for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra. Text by William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(1991) - Piano Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass (1992)
- Cello concerto (1992)
- Ariel Songs for voice, 2 recorders, cello & harpsichord. Text by William ShakespeareWilliam ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
(1993) - The Guardians of Space for orchestra (1994)
- Symphony no.3 Voyages for orchestra (1995)
- The Music of the Spheres for piano (1995)
- The Bride in her Grave opera. Libretto by Ruth Fainlight (1995)
- Elegy’’ in memory of Edison Denisov in two versions: a) for solo cello, b) for sixteen players (1997)
- The Bird of Time for orchestra (1997)
- Song of Songs cantata for soprano, tenor, mixed chorus & orchestra.Text by King Solomon (1997)
- Between Scylla and Charybdis for string orchestra (1997)
- Mass for mixed chorus (1998)
- Opus 111 for clarinet, cello & piano (1998)
- Twilight for soprano and six players. Text by James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
. (1998-2000) - Portrait in memory of Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
, for wind octet & double bass (1999) - Concerto Piccolo (to Mstislav RostropovichMstislav RostropovichMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
) for Cello & Orchestra (2001) - Innocence of Experience for tape. Text by William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(2001) - Metaplasm no.1 for piano (also for orchestra, 2002), no.2 for piano (2002)
- Triple Concerto no.2 for violin, harp double bass and orchestra (2003)
- Dream Journey for voice, flute clarinet, vln, cello and piano. Text by Matsuo BashōMatsuo Basho, born , then , was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. During his lifetime, Bashō was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as a master of brief and clear haiku...
(2003-2004) - Red Bells in memory of Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
, for piano and ensemble of seven players (2005) - Requiem for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra (2006)
- Amore sola for solo violin (2006)
- Proverbs of Hell for voice and piano. Text by William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
(2006) - The Lonely Wanderer for voice and cello. Text by Lermontov (2007)
- Duo in Green for 2 Violins (2008)
- Space Odyssey for Large Symphony Orchestra (2008)
- From the Pine to the Moon for voice and cello. Text by Lermontov (2009)
- The Book of Constellations for ensemble (2009- in progress)
- Zodiac for orchestra (2010- in progress)
- The Last Trumpet for trumpet and timpani (2010}
External links
- Dmitri N. Smirnov's brief bio at Boosey & Hawkes site
- Dmitri N. Smirnov's website
- Dmitri N. Smirnov at Recmusic (the texts of the vocal works)
- Dmitri N. Smirnov: «A Geometer of Sound Crystals: A Book on Philipp Hershkowitz», ssm 34, Ernst Kuhn, Berlin, 2003
- Dmitri N. Smirnov: «The Anatomy of Theme in Beethoven's Piano Sonatas», ssm 46, Ernst Kuhn, Berlin, 2008
- Dmitri N. Smirnov Channel on YouTube