Yuri Kholopov
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Moscow Conservatory
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Biography
After graduating from RyazanRyazan
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Music Regional College he studied at the Moscow Conservatoire
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...
from 1949 to 1954 with Igor Sposobin and then with Semyon Bogatyrev, completing his master degree in 1960.
In 1963 he became a member of the Composers' Union of the USSR
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...
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He presented his Ph. D. Degree thesis in 1975 with a monograph Contemporary Aspects of Harmony in Music of Prokofiev
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
printed earlier in 1967, and the Doctorate Degree thesis in 1977, with a monograph Essays in Contemporary Harmony printed in 1974. His important research of life and music of Anton von Webern was printed in two volumes in 1973 and 1975 (in collaboration with his sister, Valentina Kholopova).
He taught at the Moscow Conservatoire
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...
since 1960, where he became a professor in 1983. His teaching was highly influential for several generations of musicians. He has written more than 1000 works (800 of which have been published), practically on all aspects of music theory. Especially important were his textbooks of harmony (both theoretical and practical studies) which have been now commonly recognized in Russia as a standard of advanced music education.
Kholopov’s political views and his ethical ans aesthetic principles are formulated in a programmatic article about E. Denisov:
"[...] Denisov also became to be a witness of a really terrible epoch – the crash of Russia in 90es. Being far from a policy, he could not see, of course, everything that really occurred in his fatherland [...]. Nevertheless, it is quite sure, he would keep his ideological and artistic position and would resist to "democratic" tendencies of disintegration, amoralism, unscrupulousness and a profit cult. It is possible to draw an analogy between Denisov‘ position and that of Olivier Messiaen, when the last was imprisoned into a concentration camp. [...] Ethical and aesthetic principles of Denisov’s personality concorded very well with his life, strong physical and mental health of that Siberian, with his kind smile, steady affability and correct manner, with normal human cheerfulness. Just imagine it: a man of 65, the world famous composer in his Moscow apartment with a young wife and two funny little girls, his daughters: that is a psychological paradigm of Denisov‘ s music which was vitally normal, sincerely healthy, beautiful, refined, bright, inner steady" (Ju. N. Kholopov. Edison Denisov i muzika kontsa veka [Edison Denisov and music of the end of the century]. In: Svet. Dobro. Vechnost‘. Pamyati Edisona Denisova. Stat’i. Vospominaniya. Dokumenti [Light. Kindness. Eternity. Edison Denisov in memoriam. Articles. Recollections. Materials], ed. by V.Tsenova. Мoscow, 1999, pp. 6–7).
Selected Books
- Contemporary Aspects of ProkofievSergei ProkofievSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...
's Harmony [1959–1964]. Book. Moscow: Muzika, 1967 - Essays on Contemporary Harmony [1966–1967]. Moscow: Muzika, 1974; Budapest, 1978
- Anton WebernAnton WebernAnton 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...
. Life and Work. Vol. 1 [1973]. Moscow: Soviet Composer, 1984; Berlin, 1989 (In German); Milano, 1990 (In Italian). Сo-author Valentina Kholopova - Harmony. Theoretical Course. Moscow: Muzika, 1988; 2nd ed., SPb., 2003
- Edison Denisov [1989–1991]. Book. Moscow: Composer, 1993; Amsterdam: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1995 (In English). Co-author Valeria Tsenova
- Music of Webern. Vol. 2 [1975]. Book. Moscow: Composer, 1999. Co-author Valentina Kholopova
- Edison DenisovEdison DenisovEdison Vasilievich Denisov was a Russian composer of so called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division in the Soviet music.-Biography:...
— the Russian Voice in European New Music. Book. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Kuhn, 2002 (In English). Co-author Valeria Tsenova - Harmony. Practical Course. Textbook [1984–1986]. Moscow, 2003; 2nd ed rev. Moscow, 2005.
- Theory of Contemporary Composition / Ed. by V. Tsenova. Moscow, 2005.
- Musical Theoretical System of Heinrich Schenker. Moscow, 2006.
- Musical Theoretical Systems: Textbook / Ed. by T. Kyuregyan and V. Tsenova. Moscow, 2006.
- Introduction to Musical Form / Ed. by T. Kyuregyan and V. Tsenova. Moscow, 2006.
Selected articles
- Philip Gershkovich’s search for the lost essence of music; also: List of Philip Gershkovich’s musicological research studies; List of Philip Gershkovich’s musical compositions; Some of Philip Gershkovich’s aphorisms. In: «Ex oriente...III» Eight Composers from the former USSR Philip Gershkovich, Boris TishchenkoBoris TishchenkoBoris Ivanovich Tishchenko was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.-Life:...
, Leonid GrabovskyLeonid GrabovskyLeonid Oleksandrovych Hrabovsky is a contemporary Ukrainian composer, now living in the United States.- Biography :...
, Alexander Knaifel, Vladislav ShootVladislav ShootVladislav Shoot is a Russian-British composer of contemporary classical music...
, Alexander VustinAlexander VustinAlexander Kuzmich Vustin, also Voustin or Wustin is a Russian composer.-Biography:He studied composition first with Grigory Frid at a regional music college, and later with Vladimir Ferè at the Moscow Conservatory, graduating in 1969. Between 1969 and 1974, Vustin worked as a music editor at USSR...
, Alexander RaskatovAlexander RaskatovAlexander Mikhailovich Raskatov is a Russian composer.-Life:Alexander Raskatov, a son of a leading journalist of the magazine Krokodil, studied composition under Albert Leman at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he was composer in residence at Stetson University and 1998 in Lockenhaus...
, Sergei PavlenkoSergei PavlenkoSergei Pavlenko is a portrait painter of Russian origin and now based in Britain.-Biography:Pavlenko graduated in Painting from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in 1988...
. Edited by Valeria Tsenova. English edition only. (studia slavica musicologica, Bd. 31) Verlag Ernst Kuhn – Berlin ISBN 3-928864-92-0
- Russians in England: Dmitri Smirnov, Elena FirsovaElena FirsovaElena 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...
. Article, in: Music From the Former USSR. Issue 2. Moscow: Composer, 1996, pp. 255–303 (in Russian); also in «Ex oriente...I» Ten Composers from the former USSR. Viktor SuslinViktor SuslinViktor Yevseyevich Suslin |Ural]], Russia ) is a Russian composer living in Germany as of 1981.-Biography:At the age of four , Suslin began to study piano and made his first attempts at composition. From 1950 to 1962 he attended Kharkiv Music High School, and from 1961 to 1962 at Kharkiv...
, Dmitry SmirnovDmitry SmirnovDmitry Smirnov may refer to:*Dmitri Aleksandrovich Smirnov , Russian footballer*Dmitri Aleksandrovich Smirnov , Russian footballer*Dmitri Alexeievich Smirnov , Russian tenor...
, Arvo PärtArvo PärtArvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-made compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also finds its inspiration and influence from...
, Yury KasparovYury KasparovYuri Sergeyevich Kasparov is a Russian composer, music teacher and a professor at the Moscow Conservatory where he had studied for his doctorate under Edison Denisov. Under the patronage of Denisov, he founded the Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble in 1990 and is its Artistic Director...
, Galina UstvolskayaGalina UstvolskayaGalina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya, also Ustwolskaja or Oustvolskaia was a Russian composer of classical music.-Early years:From 1937 to 1947 she studied at the college attached to the Leningrad Conservatory . She subsequently became a postgraduate student and taught composition at the college...
, Nikolai SidelnikovNikolai SidelnikovNikolai 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...
, Elena FirsovaElena FirsovaElena 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...
Vladimir MartynovVladimir MartynovVladimir Martynov is a Russian composer, born on February 20, 1946 in Moscow, known for his music in the Concerto, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music and Choral Music genres....
, Andrei EshpaiAndrei EshpaiAndrei Yakovlevich Eshpai is an ethnic Mari composer.Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari El. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev...
, Boris Chaikovsky. Edited by Valeria Tsenova (studia slavica musicologica, Bd. 25), Verlag Ernst Kuhn – Berlin. ISBN 3-928864-84-X pp. 207–266 (in English)