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Ludmila Yurina was born in Uzyn, Ukraine, and graduated as a pianist from Kyiv Music College in 1981 and as a composer from the Kyiv State Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in 1990 under Yevhen Stankovych, completing postgraduate studies there in 1998. An Associate Professor of composition at the National Music Academy of Ukraine since 1995, she has held residencies across Europe and the United States, including at Stanford University’s CCRMA through a Fulbright grant in 2010. She was composer-in-residence at the Rheinsberg Music Academy in Germany in 1999, has completed further residencies in Germany and Sweden, and is a member of the Organizing Committee of the 1st and 2nd Festivals of Ukrainian Music in Fort Worth.
Performed by NYU Contemporary Music Ensemble (Ensemble), Allison Philips (Trumpet), Emma Reber (French horn)
The principles of formation of Silicon Interferences by Ludmila Yurina are based on some of the physical properties of objects (like circles from a stone dropped in water) in the process of movement. A partial implementation of the piece was seen on the Stanford University campus; the score was started in 2014 at Stanford.
solo piano, performed by Pavel Gintov
Performed by Pavel Gintov (Piano)
Shadows and Ghosts by Ludmila Yurina wanders around in the dark of a half-empty house with a lantern. Experiments with different gradations of darkness and shadows inspired the composer to create a play in which sounds would be played with an atmosphere of gloom and mystery. The intonational circle of the work is based on atonal elements. Experiments with string playing and overtones bring the phonism of the work closer to an almost “electronic” sound, as if playing a percussion instrument. The slow, gradual development of the material leads to a loud dynamic climax, after which the listener dives into a bizarre game of overtones and various methods of sound extraction. The work’s epigraph reads: “…no one knows what is hidden behind closed doors, no one knows what is hiding in a dark corner; the unknown, the mystery plays itself, plays with your emotions, causing the unknown that has lurked in you” (L. Yurina). The work was written at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn, Germany.
