Gaziza Zhubanova
Gaziza Zhubanova | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 2, 1927 Jurun District, Aktyubinsk |
| Died | December 13, 1993 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | Kazakh |
| Education | Attended school in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, pedagogue |
Gaziza Akhmetkyzy Zhubanova (Kazakh: Ғазиза Ахметқызы Жұбанова, Ǵazıza Ahmetqyzy Jubanova; Russian: Газиза Ахметовна Жубанова with middle name "Akhmetovna"; 2 December 1927 – 13 December 1993) was a Soviet and Kazakh composer and pedagogue. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1981.
Life
Gaziza Zhubanova was born 2 December 1927, in a village in the Jurun District, Aktyubinsk. Zhubanova attended school in Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan, and graduated with honors. She was the daughter of Akhmet Zhubanov, a university educated musician and composer who was remembered as the first Kazakh composer to embrace Western music, and grew up in a musical environment.[1][2]
In 1945 Gaziza Zhubanova began studying at Gnessin State Musical College in Moscow, where she learned composition with M. Gnesin and L. Shtreiher.[1] After completing her studies there, she studied composition with Yuri Shaporin, at the Moscow Conservatoire. After graduating in 1954, she took additional studies in composition and then in 1957 began a career as a composer.[1]
In 1954, she participated in the Seventh Plenary Meeting of the Kazakh Union of Composers. Gaziza Zhubanova has been Chairman of the Kazakh Union of Composers, a member of the board of the USSR Union of Composers and was director of the Alma-Ata City Conservatory from 1975 to 1987.[1] She often worked with the Kazakh Song and Dance Company.[3][1]
Selected works
Gaziza Zhubanova uses subjects and images from the Kazakh history and folklore. She has composed in different forms, including piano, violin, voice, chorus, string quartet and popular songs. A 'significant part' of her output is large-scale works including opera and ballet, orchestral and choral works.[1]
- Aksak Kulan (1953–1954), symphonic poem
- Booming in the night (1916), opera
- Violin Concerto (1957)
- Melody (Мелодия) in C♯ minor for viola and piano (1950)
- Night Light in the Ural (1957), cantata (words by Khamit Ergaliev)
- Incidental music for On the Banks of the Irtysh (play by S. Kusainov)
- Ode to the Communist Party
- Glory to the Cosmonaut
- Embrace
- Ye Millions!
- Song of Virgin Lands Enthusiasts
- The Song Is the Voice of My Heart
- The Earth, the Moon and Sputnik, ballet (choreography by V. Vainonen)
- Ballade of Mukhtar Auezov, cantata
- A Legend of the White Bird, ballet
References
- ^ a b c d e f Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). South Africa: Books & Music (USA). p. 777. ISBN 0-9617485-0-8.
- ^ "Gaziza Zhubanova". Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2010.