Katia Tiutiunnik
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Katia Tiutiunnik is an Australian violist
, scholar and composer
. She is of Russian
, Ukrainian
and Irish
descent.
and North Sydney Girls High School
.
She earned her Bachelor of Music
from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
, where she won the John Antill
Composition Scholarship, the Don Banks
Memorial Scholarship, and the Alfred Hill
Prize upon graduation. She gained her Ph.D.
from the Australian National University
, where she also completed advanced studies in Arabic. She also earned the highest Italian postgraduate title available in composition, the Diploma di Studi Superiori di Perfezionamento, from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
, Rome
, where she studied with Franco Donatoni
.
Tiutiunnik played the viola
with the Sydney Youth Orchestra
from 1990 to 1993. She has also performed and recorded a number of her own works, as well as the works of other composers. She was the first Australian composer to be appointed visiting scholar
at Columbia University
, New York City
, where she gave a presentation on symbolic references to Islamic mysticism and Middle Eastern affairs, in her music. She was also a visiting fellow
at the Australian National University, artist-in-residence and guest composer at Canberra Girls' Grammar School
and Canberra Grammar School
and composer-in-residence at the celebrated electronic studio, Charles Morrow Productions, New York City
. During her sojourn in New York City, Tiutiunnik was a resident and an alumna of International House of New York
.
Tiutiunnik's compositions have been published in Australia, Italy and the United States and are held in several international libraries, including the Bodleian Library
at Oxford University (which also holds a copy of her doctoral dissertation, The Symbolic Dimension: An Exploration of the Compositional Process), Harvard College
Library, the National Library of Australia
and the Wiener Music Library at Columbia University. On 11 December 2009, a revised version of Tiutiunnik's doctoral dissertation was published as a book, by Lambert Academic Publishing, and released internationally.
The symbolic dimensions of a number of Tiutiunnik's compositions have been associated with the motif
of the journey through darkness to illumination. Also, several of Tiutiunnik's works have been inspired by Islamic mysticism and related traditions—the musical symbols therein often manifesting themselves in the form of compositional processes emanating from her interpretations of Near Eastern traditions of numerology
. Other important influences on the symbolic dimensions of Tiutiunnik's compositions include the landscapes, flora and fauna of Australia; historical and current events pertaining to the Middle East, in addition to the religion and mythology of Ancient Mesopotamia.
Festivals and conferences
which have featured Tiutiunnik's compositions include the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
, Alaska; Festivale Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea, Nuove Sincronie, Milan; Suoni e Voci del Lago, Lake Garda, Italy; Sydney Spring Festival; the 28th General Assembly of the International Music Council
, Petra
, Jordan, 1999 (which featured the world premiere of her symphonic poem, Noor, dedicated to Queen Noor of Jordan); Musica Nova, Sofia
, Bulgaria (International Society of Contemporary Music, Bulgarian Section); Festivale Internazionale della Chitarra: Nicolo` Paganini, Parma
, Italy
; Compositrici: nuove strategie per una migliore valorizzazione, Teramo, Italy (Fondazione Adkins Chiti), 2001; the International Congress for Women in Music, Beijing, 2008; Cinque Giornate per La Nuova Musica e La Musica Sperimentale, Milan; Soundstream Festival, Adelaide, South Australia and others.
On 19 March 2007 (Tiutiunnik's fortieth birthday), a concert of her solo
and chamber works was held at the Dom Kompozitorov, Saint Petersburg
, Russia, as part of festivities celebrating two hundred years of business relations between Australia and Russia. This third concert of Tiutiunnik's compositions in St Petersburg featured eminent performers such as the Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet of Saint Petersburg and pianist Anna Sbagina. On the same day, Tiutiunnik gave a lecture/recital for the composition students of Boris Tishchenko
, at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
and was also interviewed by Radio Maria
, Saint Petersburg. The event was organized by Dr. Elena Kostyuchenko (who also organized her 2001 and 2006 St Petersburg concerts) and its sponsors included the Embassy of Australia in Moscow
, Lis Faenza of Batemans Bay (who personally funded all of Tiutiunnik's international travel for the event) and Sebastian Fitzlyon-Zinovieff, Honorary Australian Consul in Saint Petersburg.
Presentations on the role of Tiutiunnik's work in global conflict resolution
have been given by Dr. James Michael Bicigo of Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
(whose performances of Tiutiunnik's works have been broadcast internationally) at Bard College
, Union Theological Seminary
, in New York and at the University of Hawaii
. Tiutiunnik's music has also been used for theatrical productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as in London, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. Her compositions have also been showcased as part of the Daniel Pearl
World Music Days of the Daniel Pearl Foundation
.
In early December 2009, the "Borealis in Australis" tour featured over ten performances of Tiutiunnik's works (including two world premieres and an Australian premiere) by Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
. These performances were in Batemans Bay, at Sydney's St. Andrew's Cathedral
and on the Sunshine Coast
. Highlights of this tour included a lecture/recital on the role of music in global conflict resolution
—featuring Tiutiunnik's music and the music of other women composers from around the world—at the Batemans Bay campus of the University of Wollongong
and a workshop for highschool students from the Eurobodalla Shire
. Another important event in this tour was the VIP
reception featuring live Koori
music (supervised by local Koori elder, Loretta Parsley), the world premiere of Tiutiunnik's trumpet
duo L'Imperatore Amato (dedicated to International House of New York
) and speeches by various dignitaries, in Catalina, New South Wales. Two of Tiutiunnik's compositions, featured in the "Borealis in Australis" tour, received repeat performances at the University of Alaska Fairbanks New Music Festival, on 5 February 2010.
In April 2010 Tiutiunnik guest lectured and attended an Australian premiere of her music at the University of Melbourne
.
Tiutiunnik's setting of the poem To the Enemy, by Eva Salzman
, for soprano
and percussion ensemble, received its world premier performance on 26 August 2010, at the opening, "Visionaries" concert of the Soundstream Festival, Adelaide, South Australia. This world premiere was broadcast live by ABC Classic FM
.
of the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Chamber and instrumental
Piano
Vocal
Electroacoustic
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
, scholar and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. She is of Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
, Ukrainian
Ukrainians
Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
and Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
descent.
Education
Katia Tiutiunnik's high school education was completed at Our Lady of Mercy College, ParramattaOur Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta
Our Lady of Mercy College, Parramatta , is a private, Roman Catholic, day school for girls, located in Parramatta, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to St...
and North Sydney Girls High School
North Sydney Girls High School
North Sydney Girls High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
.
She earned her Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Music is an academic degree awarded by a college, university, or conservatory upon completion of program of study in music. In the United States, it is a professional degree; the majority of work consists of prescribed music courses and study in applied music, usually requiring a...
from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
, where she won the John Antill
John Antill
John Henry Antill, CMG, OBE was an Australian composer best known for his ballet Corroboree.-Biography:Antill was born in Sydney in 1904, and was educated and trained in music at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney and St Andrew's Cathedral School. Upon leaving school in 1920 he became apprenticed to...
Composition Scholarship, the Don Banks
Don Banks
Donald Oscar Banks was an Australian composer of concert, jazz, and commercial music.He initially studied at the University of Melbourne, then moved to London where he studied with Mátyás Seiber...
Memorial Scholarship, and the Alfred Hill
Alfred Hill
Alfred Francis Hill CMG OBE was an Australian/New Zealand composer, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Alfred Hill was born in Melbourne in 1869. His year of birth is shown in many sources as 1870, but this has now been disproven. He spent most of his early life in New Zealand...
Prize upon graduation. She gained her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
from the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, where she also completed advanced studies in Arabic. She also earned the highest Italian postgraduate title available in composition, the Diploma di Studi Superiori di Perfezionamento, from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, based in Italy.It is based at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, and was founded by the papal bull, Ratione congruit, issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prominent in Western...
, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, where she studied with Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni
Franco Donatoni was an Italian composer.Born in Verona, he started studying violin at the age of seven, and frequented the local Music Academy...
.
Musical work
Tiutiunnik has guest lectured worldwide and has received many awards, commissions, national and international travel grants and other sponsorship, from both the government and private sectors. She is currently an Honorary Research Affiliate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.Tiutiunnik played the viola
Viola
The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
with the Sydney Youth Orchestra
Sydney Youth Orchestra
The Sydney Youth Orchestra , is one of Sydney's premier youth orchestras and is the flagship orchestra of the Sydney Youth Orchestras family. The SYO consists of around 100 skilled young musicians residing around Sydney....
from 1990 to 1993. She has also performed and recorded a number of her own works, as well as the works of other composers. She was the first Australian composer to be appointed visiting scholar
Visiting scholar
In the world of academia, a visiting scholar or visiting academic is a scholar from an institution who visits a host university, where he or she is projected to teach , lecture , or perform research on a topic the visitor is valued for...
at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, where she gave a presentation on symbolic references to Islamic mysticism and Middle Eastern affairs, in her music. She was also a visiting fellow
Visiting fellow
A visiting fellow is an academic, often a senior academic, who is undertaking research at a different institution than his or her main institution for a limited period of time, often but not necessarily at a foreign institution. A visiting fellow can be paid or unpaid; sometimes the salary is paid...
at the Australian National University, artist-in-residence and guest composer at Canberra Girls' Grammar School
Canberra Girls' Grammar School
Canberra Girls' Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, day and boarding school predominantly for girls, located in Deakin, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia....
and Canberra Grammar School
Canberra Grammar School
Canberra Grammar School is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located in Red Hill, a suburb of Canberra, the capital of Australia....
and composer-in-residence at the celebrated electronic studio, Charles Morrow Productions, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. During her sojourn in New York City, Tiutiunnik was a resident and an alumna of International House of New York
International House of New York
International House New York, also known as I-House, is an unaffiliated and non-profit residence hall for graduate students, scholars engaging in research, trainees and interns...
.
Tiutiunnik's compositions have been published in Australia, Italy and the United States and are held in several international libraries, including the Bodleian Library
Bodleian Library
The Bodleian Library , the main research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in Britain is second in size only to the British Library...
at Oxford University (which also holds a copy of her doctoral dissertation, The Symbolic Dimension: An Exploration of the Compositional Process), Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
Library, the National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
and the Wiener Music Library at Columbia University. On 11 December 2009, a revised version of Tiutiunnik's doctoral dissertation was published as a book, by Lambert Academic Publishing, and released internationally.
The symbolic dimensions of a number of Tiutiunnik's compositions have been associated with the motif
Motif (narrative)
In narrative, a motif is any recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story. Through its repetition, a motif can help produce other narrative aspects such as theme or mood....
of the journey through darkness to illumination. Also, several of Tiutiunnik's works have been inspired by Islamic mysticism and related traditions—the musical symbols therein often manifesting themselves in the form of compositional processes emanating from her interpretations of Near Eastern traditions of numerology
Numerology
Numerology is any study of the purported mystical relationship between a count or measurement and life. It has many systems and traditions and beliefs...
. Other important influences on the symbolic dimensions of Tiutiunnik's compositions include the landscapes, flora and fauna of Australia; historical and current events pertaining to the Middle East, in addition to the religion and mythology of Ancient Mesopotamia.
Performance
Tiutiunnik's works have been performed and broadcast in Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Russia, Serbia, the United Kingdom and the United States.Festivals and conferences
Academic conference
An academic conference or symposium is a conference for researchers to present and discuss their work. Together with academic or scientific journals, conferences provide an important channel for exchange of information between researchers.-Overview:Conferences are usually composed of various...
which have featured Tiutiunnik's compositions include the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
The Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is an annual arts festival held in Fairbanks, Alaska on the campus of University of Alaska Fairbanks. It most commonly occurs in the last two weeks of July. Participants can take part in workshops in classical music, gospel, jazz, bluegrass, World music,...
, Alaska; Festivale Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea, Nuove Sincronie, Milan; Suoni e Voci del Lago, Lake Garda, Italy; Sydney Spring Festival; the 28th General Assembly of the International Music Council
International Music Council
The International Music Council was created in 1949 as UNESCO's advisory body on matters of music. It is based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, France, where it functions as an independent international non-governmental organization...
, Petra
Petra
Petra is a historical and archaeological city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an that is famous for its rock cut architecture and water conduits system. Established sometime around the 6th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataeans, it is a symbol of Jordan as well as its most visited...
, Jordan, 1999 (which featured the world premiere of her symphonic poem, Noor, dedicated to Queen Noor of Jordan); Musica Nova, Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...
, Bulgaria (International Society of Contemporary Music, Bulgarian Section); Festivale Internazionale della Chitarra: Nicolo` Paganini, Parma
Parma
Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its ham, its cheese, its architecture and the fine countryside around it. This is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
; Compositrici: nuove strategie per una migliore valorizzazione, Teramo, Italy (Fondazione Adkins Chiti), 2001; the International Congress for Women in Music, Beijing, 2008; Cinque Giornate per La Nuova Musica e La Musica Sperimentale, Milan; Soundstream Festival, Adelaide, South Australia and others.
On 19 March 2007 (Tiutiunnik's fortieth birthday), a concert of her solo
Solo (music)
In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer...
and chamber works was held at the Dom Kompozitorov, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russia, as part of festivities celebrating two hundred years of business relations between Australia and Russia. This third concert of Tiutiunnik's compositions in St Petersburg featured eminent performers such as the Rimsky-Korsakov Quartet of Saint Petersburg and pianist Anna Sbagina. On the same day, Tiutiunnik gave a lecture/recital for the composition students of Boris Tishchenko
Boris Tishchenko
Boris Ivanovich Tishchenko was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.-Life:...
, at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
and was also interviewed by Radio Maria
Radio Maria
Radio Maria is an international Catholic radio broadcasting service founded in Erba, province of Como, in the diocese of Milan in 1983. The World Family of Radio Maria was formed in 1998 and today has branches in 55 countries around the world...
, Saint Petersburg. The event was organized by Dr. Elena Kostyuchenko (who also organized her 2001 and 2006 St Petersburg concerts) and its sponsors included the Embassy of Australia in Moscow
Embassy of Australia in Moscow
The Embassy of Australia in Moscow is the diplomatic mission of Australia to the Russian Federation. The chancery is located at 10A/2 Podkolokolny Lane in the Tagansky District of Moscow.- External links :...
, Lis Faenza of Batemans Bay (who personally funded all of Tiutiunnik's international travel for the event) and Sebastian Fitzlyon-Zinovieff, Honorary Australian Consul in Saint Petersburg.
Presentations on the role of Tiutiunnik's work in global conflict resolution
Conflict resolution
Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of some social conflict. Often, committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information about their conflicting motives or ideologies to the rest...
have been given by Dr. James Michael Bicigo of Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
(whose performances of Tiutiunnik's works have been broadcast internationally) at Bard College
Bard College
Bard College, founded in 1860 as "St. Stephen's College", is a small four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.-Location:...
, Union Theological Seminary
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a preeminent independent graduate school of theology, located in Manhattan between Claremont Avenue and Broadway, 120th to 122nd Streets. The seminary was founded in 1836 under the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with nearby Columbia...
, in New York and at the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
. Tiutiunnik's music has also been used for theatrical productions at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as in London, Melbourne, New York and Sydney. Her compositions have also been showcased as part of the Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...
World Music Days of the Daniel Pearl Foundation
Daniel Pearl Foundation
The Daniel Pearl Foundation is a foundation based in the United States. The foundation was formed by his parents Ruth and Judea Pearl after musician and Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in 2002...
.
In early December 2009, the "Borealis in Australis" tour featured over ten performances of Tiutiunnik's works (including two world premieres and an Australian premiere) by Borealis Brass of the University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska System, and is abbreviated as Alaska or UAF....
. These performances were in Batemans Bay, at Sydney's St. Andrew's Cathedral
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
St Andrew's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. The cathedral is the seat of the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New South Wales, the Most Reverend Peter Jensen...
and on the Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast
There are several places around the globe that use the name Sunshine Coast. They are collections of coastal towns and/or cities that have banded together, usually for tourist promotional reasons...
. Highlights of this tour included a lecture/recital on the role of music in global conflict resolution
Conflict resolution
Conflict resolution is conceptualized as the methods and processes involved in facilitating the peaceful ending of some social conflict. Often, committed group members attempt to resolve group conflicts by actively communicating information about their conflicting motives or ideologies to the rest...
—featuring Tiutiunnik's music and the music of other women composers from around the world—at the Batemans Bay campus of the University of Wollongong
University of Wollongong
The University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney...
and a workshop for highschool students from the Eurobodalla Shire
Eurobodalla Shire
Eurobodalla Shire is a Local Government Area in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a largely mountainous coastal region on the South Coast of New South Wales. It is on the Pacific Ocean, the Princes Highway and the Kings Highway....
. Another important event in this tour was the VIP
VIP
VIP and V.I.P. is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:-In general:* Vacuum insulated panel* Values, Influence, and Peers, an anti-crime campaign in Ontario elementary schools* Variable Information Printing, a form of on-demand printing...
reception featuring live Koori
Koori
The Koori are the indigenous Australians that traditionally occupied modern day New South Wales and Victoria....
music (supervised by local Koori elder, Loretta Parsley), the world premiere of Tiutiunnik's trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
duo L'Imperatore Amato (dedicated to International House of New York
International House of New York
International House New York, also known as I-House, is an unaffiliated and non-profit residence hall for graduate students, scholars engaging in research, trainees and interns...
) and speeches by various dignitaries, in Catalina, New South Wales. Two of Tiutiunnik's compositions, featured in the "Borealis in Australis" tour, received repeat performances at the University of Alaska Fairbanks New Music Festival, on 5 February 2010.
In April 2010 Tiutiunnik guest lectured and attended an Australian premiere of her music at the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
.
Tiutiunnik's setting of the poem To the Enemy, by Eva Salzman
Eva Salzman
Eva Salzman is a noted contemporary American poet.Eva Salzman was born in 1960 in New York City, and grew up in Brooklyn where – from the age of 10 until 22 – she was a dancer and later a choreographer. She was educated at Bennington College and Columbia University, moving to Britain in 1985...
, for soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
and percussion ensemble, received its world premier performance on 26 August 2010, at the opening, "Visionaries" concert of the Soundstream Festival, Adelaide, South Australia. This world premiere was broadcast live by ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM
ABC Classic FM is a classical music radio station available in Australia, and internationally online. It is operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation . It was established in 1976 as "ABC-FM", and later for a short time was known as "ABC Fine Music" , before adopting its current name...
.
Personal life
Since 2008 Tiutiunnik has been residing with her two sons in the Eurobodalla ShireEurobodalla Shire
Eurobodalla Shire is a Local Government Area in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a largely mountainous coastal region on the South Coast of New South Wales. It is on the Pacific Ocean, the Princes Highway and the Kings Highway....
of the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Selected works
Orchestral and concertante- Nights in Arabia for viola and orchestra (1992, revised 1998)
- Noor for violin and orchestra (1998)
- An Orientalist in Palestine for orchestra (2000)
- Wonders of Babylon for trombone and wind orchestra (2001)
- Mikhail for cello and orchestra (2005)
Chamber and instrumental
- Al'amut for piccolo, bass clarinet, harp and tubular bells (1993)
- Arcano for oboe, clarinet, violin and harp (1993)
- Sinan for oboe solo (1993)
- Adone for flute, oboe clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1994)
- Arà for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1995)
- Hidayah for piccolo solo (1995)
- Erato for clarinet solo (1995)
- Apoteosi for piccolo, flute and alto flute (one player) (1995)
- Mahdoom for trombone solo (1998)
- Al-Kauthar for cello solo (1999)
- Danza delle fate arabe for guitar solo (1999)
- Lament of the Flutes for Dumuzi for flute and piano (1999)
- Night Journey for string quartet (2000)
- Al-Hisar for trombone, or viola, or cello solo (2001)
- Canto di Enheduanna for flute, cello and piano (2001)
- Tre Preghiere di Nabuccoduriussor for guitar solo (2001)
- Prayer for viola solo (2002)
- Rinascita for flute, trombone, mezzo-soprano, percussion and violin (2002)
- The Quickening: A Tribute to Jonathan Kramer for flute and piano (2005)
- Via Trionfale: Verso Il Loto Benedetto for horn, trumpet and trombone (2002)
- Cities of the Gods, Cycle of 5 Works for cello solo (2004)
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- "Portal to Nibiru"
- "Lament to Inanna"
- "O Fair Daughter of Man!"
- "Sacred Marriage in TILMUN"
- "Ali Dorati dei Nefilim (Golden Wings of the Nefilim)"
- L'Imperatore Amato for 2 trumpets (2004)
- Who Is Like God?, Cycle of 4 Works for cello solo (2006)
- "Exiled in Babylon"
- "Embracing Dumuzi"
- "Temple of the Sun"
- "White Night"
- White Night for viola solo (2006)
- La Passion de Jehanne for trombone and violin (2009)
- Out of the Depths for brass quintet (2009)
- Invocazione a Dumuzi for piano and violin (2011)
- L'Embargo for viola and percussion ensemble (2011)
Piano
- Bhairawa for piano solo (1995)
- Agressi Sunt Mare Tenebrarum Quid in Eo Esset Exploraturi for piano (1996)
Vocal
- Resurrection for massed choirs and two large percussion ensembles (2004)
- To the Enemy for soprano and percussion ensemble (2004); text by Eva SalzmanEva SalzmanEva Salzman is a noted contemporary American poet.Eva Salzman was born in 1960 in New York City, and grew up in Brooklyn where – from the age of 10 until 22 – she was a dancer and later a choreographer. She was educated at Bennington College and Columbia University, moving to Britain in 1985...
- Jehanne for soprano and viola (2007); text by Elisabetta Faenza
- De Profundis Clamavi for soprano solo and women's and/or children's choir (2009)
Electroacoustic
- Dumuzi, Priest and King for 3 Dimensional Sound Cube and viola, Charles Morrow Productions (2005)
- Voices in the Night for multi channelled cello and voices (2006); text: Lucy Aponte; cello: David PereiraDavid Pereiraright|250pxDavid Pereira is an Australian classical cellist, considered one of the finest working today. He was Senior Lecturer in Cello at the Canberra School of Music from 1990-2008....
; voices: Anthony Michael Tiutiunnik and Katia Tiutiunnik
External links
- Official website
- Selected Recordings of Katia Tiutiunnik's Compositions
- The Music Videos of Katia Tiutiunnik
- Katia Tiutiunnik on Facebook
- Katia Tiutiunnik on MySpace
- The Symbolic Dimension: An Exploration of the Compositional Process by Katia Tiutiunnik
- Musical Widget: Selected Recordings of Katia Tiutiunnik's Music
- Video Gallery Widget: Selected Videos Featuring Katia Tiutiunnik's Music
- Katia Tiutiunnik--Represented Artist Profile, Australian Music Centre
- TEM TauKay Edizioni Musicali--Katia Tiutiunnik
- Dumuzi, Priest and King. Binaural recording of a 3D Sound Cube composition by Katia Tiutiunnik, Charles Morrow Productions, New York
- Podcast of Music Academy OnLIVE's Interview with Katia Tiutiunnik on Rezzed.TV