Sauli Zinovjev
A composition at its best has everything. The entire life in a single moment. This is how composer Sauli Zinovjev sees it. Zinovjev has quickly become one of the most interesting names in classical music and one of the most played composers of his generation in Finland.
Zinovjev composes music that conveys vast emotions. The kind of music which also made him a composer. He was placed third at the International Uuno Klami Composition Competition in 2014 with Gryf, his breakthrough work. Batteria (2016), commissioned by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, established Zinovjev among the prominent Finnish names in classical music. Batteria represents what is typical for Zinovjev. Combination of styles and composition using his vision. “I could compose if I was deaf but not if I was blind.”
Zinovjev recently finished a violin concerto commissioned by the Oulu Symphony Orchestra for Pekka Kuusisto and is in the midst of composing a cello concerto. Zinovjev’s works are part of the continuum created by the master composers. He uses classical music to make his view of the world intelligible. To convey it – life – to others.
A-K.H. / Gut Studio
Read Sauli Zinovjev's full biography here.
More
- Listen to Gryf performed by Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Okko Kamu
- Listen to Batteria performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and André de Ridder
- Listen Chained performed by Harri Kuusijärvi
- Sauli Zinovjev's website
- Sauli Zinovjev's Batteria to be performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Sebastian Hilli and Sauli Zinovjev: emotions in two different aesthetics
| Title | Instrumentation | Year | Category | Duration | Available from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Due | fl, guit | 2016 | Chamber Works | 00:00 | Music Finland |
Arco | vlc | 2014 | 07:00 | Music Finland | |
Arco | vla | 2014 | 07:00 | Music Finland | |
Arco | vln | 2014 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Batteria | 3333 4331 13 1, pno, str | 2016 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 10:00 | Music Finland |
Chained | acc | 2015 | Works for Solo Instrument | 08:00 | Music Finland |
Charged 1 | 8vlc | 2015 | Chamber Works | 07:00 | |
Charged 2 | 8vlc, sopr | 2016 | Chamber Works, Vocal and Choral Works | 03:00 | |
Die Welt - Ein Tor | 2222 2200 11 0, str, vlc solo | 2017 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 16:00 | Music Finland |
Elegietta | guit | 2013 | Works for Solo Instrument | 02:00 | Music Finland |
Epilogi | pno | 2013 | Works for Solo Instrument | 06:00 | Music Finland |
Gryf | 2222 2210 11 0, str [pic, bcl] | 2013 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 16:00 | Music Finland |
Jum | 1111 2010 01 1, str, mezzo [str:11111] | 2014 | 04:00 | Music Finland | |
Kirkastus | baryt, pno | 2010 | Vocal and Choral Works | 05:00 | Music Finland |
Maailma valehtelee | sopr, pno | 2015 | Vocal and Choral Works | 02:00 | Music Finland |
Music for sextet | ob, bsn, hn, perc, vln, vla | 2015 | Chamber Works | 15:00 | Music Finland |
Nova | fl, ob, cl, bsn, hn, perc, pno, 2vln, vla, vlc | 2012 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:50 | Music Finland |
Pianokappale | pno | 2011 | Works for Solo Instrument | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Piano Quartet | pno, vln, vla, vlc | 2014 | 12:00 | Music Finland | |
Requiem | chx, vlc | 2016 | Vocal and Choral Works | 23:00 | |
Runo runosta | sopr, guit, bcl | 2011 | 04:00 | Music Finland | |
Sola | fl, ob, cl+bcl, asax, hn, perc, pno, vln, vla, vlc | 2013 | Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble | 07:00 | Music Finland |
Sonaatti-Fantasia | vlc, pno | 2011 | Chamber Works | 12:00 | Music Finland |
Syrjä | vln, vla, vlc, pno, 2 dancers, video | 2016 | Multimedia Works | 20:00 | |
Violin concerto | 2232 4331 11 1, str, vln solo | 2017 | Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra | 23:00 | Music Finland |