EFREM PODGAITS (1949) Composer
E. Podgajts’s sounded in performance of famous musicians:
M.Rostropovich, J.Bashmet, L.Kazarnovskaja, F.Lips, A.Gindin, A.Buzlov, V.Popov, R.Kofman, V.Polyansky, V.Pon’kin, V.Sinajsky, S.Sîndetskis, A.Dressler, J.Milkis, M.Sekler, L.Ambartsumjan, A.Brusilovsky, Antigony Gony, Piano duo E.Sorokina and A.Bakhchiev, «Fine Art’s» quartet, Russian State quartet named after M. Glinka...
Works for children’s choir as beautifully performed by the
«Vesna» Children’s Choir, under the direction of A.Ponomarev, are
famous in Russia and abroad, and have brought the composer due acknowledgement.
The main world premieres:
2007 - Concerto
¹ 3
for piano
and orchestra
2007 - Opera
«Lord of the flies»
(after W.Golding) staged in Moscow
2007 - Opera
«The Prince and the Pauper», staged in St.Petersburg
2006 -
«Ring» for violin
and strings (fantasy on jewish theme)
2005 -
Concerto for saxophone
and orchestra
2005 -
Symphony ¹ 2
(dedicated to M.Rostropovich)
London, LSO
,
M.Rostropovich)
2004 - Concerto for
balalaika
and folk orchestra
2003 -
«EX ANIMO» for bayan
and string quartet
2003 -
«POST FESTUM»
for cellos orchestra
,
written under the request of
M.Rostropovich
(International festival, France)
2003 -
«Strange dances» for bassoon
and four hands piano
2002 -
«New York mass»
for mixt choir, organ and strings
2002 -
«Lips-concerto» for bayan
and orchestra
2002 -
Concerto for guitar
and chamber orchestra
2001 -
Concerto for mandolina
and chamber orchestra
2000 -
«Formuls» -
concerto for symphonic orchestra
1999 -
«Post aere nostra» for string quartet
1998 -
«Trip to the Orchestraland»
fairy-tale for symphonic orchestra and reader
1997 -
«Missa veris»
for children’s choir and organ (ÑD, «Opus 111», Paris, France)
1997 -
«Sarafan for Michel
» for clarinet and chamber orchestra
1997 -
«Thumbolina», staged in Moscow, won the «grand-prix» in 2001 as the best children’s performance
1996 -
«Bakhchief-concerto»
for 4 hands piano
and chamber orchestra
1995 -
«King David’s psalms»
concerto for mixt choir
1994 -
«Concordanza» -
Concerto ¹ 2
for violin
and orchestra
1993 - Opera
«Alice through the Looking-glass», staged in St.Petersburg
1992 -
«Lambada-Concerto”
for oboe
and chamber orchestra
1991 -
Triple concerto for violin, cello, piano
and orchestra
1987 -
«Concerto brevis»
for percussion
and chamber ensemble
1986 -
Double concerto for two violins
and chamber orchestra
1985 -
Symphony ¹ 3
-
«It will be the gentle rain»
for soprano, organ, strings and percussions (Kiev, dedicated to R.Kofman)
1984 -
Concerto ¹ 1 for violin
and orchestra
1983 -
Concerto for harpsichord
and chamber orchestra
1981 -
«How to draw a bird»
cantata for soprano, children’s choir and orchestra (J.Prevert)
1979 -
Partita for violin, ñello and harpsichord
Member of the Russian Union of Composers, member of the Boad of the Moscow Union of Composers, was awarded the title of Merited Propagator of the Arts of Russia. The Russian monthly «The Musical Review» named E.Podgaits «Ñomposer of the Year 2002».
Author of more than 200 compositions (12 operas, 3 musicals, ballet, symphonic, choral, vocal and chamber music), performed at concerts, competitions and festivals in Russia, Ukrain, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Hungary, Japan, USA, and produced on CD.
E-mail: podgaits@mail.ru
Postal address: Nizhegorodskaya str, 7-a, ap.47 109147, Moscow, Russia
Òelephone: +7 495 678 36 63
Information about concerts and performances here.