# Aljaksandr Litwinouski

Aljaksandr Fjodarawitsch Litwinouski (belarussisch Аляксандр Фёдаравіч Літвіноўскі; * 1. Mai 1962 in Minsk, Belarussische SSR) ist ein belarussischer Komponist zeitgenössischer klassischer Musik. Seine Werke sind von der Musik Igor Strawinskys, aber auch von Barock, Klassik und Romantik beeinflusst und reichen daher von Tradition bis Avantgarde gleichermaßen.

## Leben und Wirken

Litwinouski studierte an der Belarussischen Staatlichen Musikakademie und schloss 1982 mit Diplom in Musikwissenschaft und 1991 in Komposition bei Dmitri Smolski ab. In den 1990er Jahren war er Mitglied der Belarussischen Komponistenvereinigung. Von 1993 bis 2001 nahm er an internationalen Kursen für Komposition bei Krzysztof Penderecki, Michael Nyman, Louis Andriessen, Fransois-Bernard Mâche, Daryl Runswick, Sylvano Bussotti, Sigune von Osten, Jonathan Harvey, Tristan Murail, Martin Matalon, Matthias Hermann und Marek Choloniewski teil. Im Jahr 2004 wurde er in die American Society of Composers und 2005 in die Internationale Konföderation Elektroakustischer Musik (IME) aufgenommen. Sein Œuvre umfasst Kammermusik, Konzerte sowie Solostücke. Litwinouski nimmt sich auch schweren Themen an, so beispielsweise der Streichersuite mit seinem Titel Le Grand Cahier, die er 2015 zunächst als Bühnenmusik konzipierte. Sie basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman (dt. Das große Heft) von Ágota Kristóf und erzählt von Kriegserfahrungen von Zwillingsbrüdern.

## Werke

* 1981: "Perpetuum Mobile and Passacaglia" for piano
* 1982: "Concertino-Barocco", suite for string orchestra
* 1985: Sonata for violin and piano
* 1987: "Krewa", symphonic fresco
* 1987: "Wedding" ("Wiaselle"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra
* 1988: "Gathering Saturday" ("Zbornaja Subotka"), cantata for soloists and mixed choir
* 1990: "Francisk", mistery for bass and symphony orchestra
* 1990: "Zbieg" for flute, oboe, violin, cello and piano
* 1991: "Wir" for the French horns quartet
* 1991: "Intavolatura", suite for guitar
* 1992: "Tabulatura Vilnensis", cycle of pieces for chamber ensemble
* 1993: "Ul" for string quintet
* 1993 Electronic compositions: "Ra", "Night Bells", "Styx"," Fairy of Tides", "Suspense"
* 1995: "Gregorianica", missa for male choir
* 1996: "Hymnes de Saint-Martin" ("Oculis Et Manibus", "Au Milieu Des Nuages") for mixed choir
* 1996: "To God’s Mother" ("Da Maci Bozaj"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and chamber orchestra
* 1997: "Filix", sonata for flute and guitar
* 1997: "Heart of Jesus" ("Serca Jezusa"), cantata for mixed choir and chamber orchestra
* 1998: "Stabat Mater", cantata for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
* 1998: "Songs for Christmas" ("Pesni na Bozaje Naradzennie"), cantata for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra
* 1998: "Rondo Ricercari", triptych for flute and guitar
* 1999: "Consort Lessons", suite for chamber orchestra
* 1999: "Faron" for clarinet
* 2000: "Taurus" for wind orchestra
* 2001: "Tales of the Magic Tree", cycle of pieces for string orchestra
* 2001: "In-Ta-Vo-La-Tu-Ra", electroacoustic performance
* 2001: "Ballads of Faron", electroacoustic remix
* 2002: "Canzonetta" for tuba (or cello/oboe/bassoon/bass clarinet) and electronics
* 2002: "Calypso", concerto for piano and string orchestra
* 2003: "Traffic in Open Sun", cycle of pieces for quartets of homogeneous low wind instruments: tubas, trombones, bassoons
* 2003: "Skyscape", suite for wind octet
* 2004: "Nycta", ballet for electronics
* 2005: "Raft of Odisseus", concerto for trombone, French horn, trumpet and string orchestra
* 2006: "My-O-My", 10 electroacoustic compositions
* 2008: "Jazz Graffiti", 12 electroacoustic compositions
* 2011: "Wedding", music for the stage production by Witold Gombrowicz’s play
* 2012: "Winterra" for symphony orchestra
* 2012: "Dziady", music for the stage production based on a poem by Adam Mickiewicz
* 2012: "Oedipus Rex", music for the stage production based on the tragedy of Sophocles
* 2013: "Arabian night", music for the stage production by Roland Schimmelpfennig’s play
* 2013: "Karlsson-on-the-Roof", music for the stage production after Astrid Lindgren’s book
* 2013: "The Dance of Death", music for the stage production by August Strindberg's play
* 2014: "Ribbons on the Corners", music for the stage production by Gregory Oster's play
* 2014: "The Golden Key", music for the stage production by Alexej Tolstoj's fairy tale
* 2014: "The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids", music for the stage production based on the folk tale
* 2014: "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats, suite for violin and string orchestra
* 2015: "Narmahnar", music for the stage production by Mykola Kulish's play "Folk Malahy"
* 2015: "Le Grand Cahier", music for the stage production after Agota Kristof's novel
* 2015: "Le Grand Cahier", suite for string orchestra
* 2015: "Puss in Boots", music for the stage production after Charles Perrault's fairy tale
* 2015: "Puss in Boots", suite for trumpet and piano
* 2015: "The Snow Queen", music for the stage production after Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale
* 2016: "The Lower Depths", music for the stage production by Maxim Gorky’s play
* 2017: "Small Demon", music for the stage production based on the novel by Fedor Sologub
* 2017: "Tale of the Fisherman and the Goldfish", music for the stage production based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin
* 2017: "New Land", music for the stage production based on the poem by Yakub Kolas
* 2017: "Snow White", music for the stage production based on the fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm
* 2018: "My Dad’s a Birdman", music for the stage production based on the play by David Almond
* 2018: "Journey to the Land of Ants", music for the radioshow based on the play by Tatyana Mushinskaya
* 2018: "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", music for the stage production based on the novel by Mark Twain
* 2018: "Cherry Orchard", music for the stage production based on the play by Anton Chekhov
* 2018: "The Boy Who Swam with Piranhas", music for the stage production based on the play by David Almond
* 2018: "Inclusion", music for the documentary film
* 2018: "The Great Journey of Prince Nicholas Christopher Radziwill Orphans", music for the documentary film
* 2019: "Cherry Orchard", suite for piano and chamber orchestra
* 2019: "Pelleas and Melisande", music for the stage production based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck
* 2019: "Munchausenshow", suite for symphony orchestra
* 2019: "Arpadio", vocalise for mixed choir
* 2020: "My Dad's a Birdman", suite for piano and chamber orchestra
* 2020: "Master Cat", suite for trumpet and string orchestra
* 2020: "The Adventures of Prantish Vyrvich, a Scalar and a Spy", music for the radioshow based on a novel by Ludmila Rubleuskaya
* 2024: The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats, Suite for String Orchestra and Violin

## Mitgliedschaften

* 1990: Belarussischer Komponistenverband
* 2004: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
* 2005: International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (ICEM/CIME)