Contacts

Alemdar Sabitovich Karamanov Foundation
Moscow

Phone: +7 (918) 108-91-21

Email: whiteiner@gmail.com

Official website of the composer: караманов.рф; Karamanov.net

«But my creativity! It responded and became more and more tragic.
These terrible fugues are just a real cross!»

A. Karamanov.

Vladimir Spivakov on the performance of Alemdar Karamanov’s Requiem.

«There is one thing that is available to very few people, and that is called revelation. This music is imbued with revelation, which seems to descend upon a person from above.»

Vladimir Spivakov.

The Moscow Christmas Festival of Sacred Music, featuring musical masterpieces from different eras, cultures, and church traditions, concluded with a performance by the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Vladimir Spivakov.

The performance of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia with the piece «Requiem» by Alemdar Karamanov was the finale of the Christmas Festival of Sacred Music.

«People cry at concerts here, and their souls are cleansed. In today’s world, a world of chaos and universal negation, there must be some spiritual milestones that help people remain human,» said Vladimir Spivakov.

The final concert featured «Requiem» by Alemdar Karamanov.

It was Alfred Schnittke who called him a true genius among talents.

«A special composition is written in a canonical form, it consists of 12 parts, the fact is that we simply discover the world in different ways, but there is one thing that is accessible to very few people, it is called a revelation, this music is imbued with a revelation that comes down from above,» explains Vladimir Spivakov.

The concert was attended by the Masters of Choral Singing choir.

Information from the website of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia

СПИСОК ОСНОВНЫХ ПРОИЗВЕДЕНИЙ

Member of the Union of Composers of the USSR, People’s Artist, Author of the State Anthem of the Republic of Crimea, Laureate of the National Prize. Taras Shevchenko, creator of 24 symphonies, including «SOVERSHISHESIA», «STABAT MATER», «REKVIEM», «Chersonese», the Founder of the musical direction «Religion in Symphony»..

LIST OF WORKS

FOR ORCHESTRA

1954 — «Fairy Tale». Symphonic Poem.
1954 — First Symphony in five movements.
1955—1975 — Second Symphony in two movements.
1956 — «Forest Pictures». Suite for Orchestra.
1956 — Third Symphony in four movements.
1956 — Fourth Symphony «May» in seven movements.
1957 — Fifth Symphony-dramatarium «V. I. Lenin» with chorus in three parts.
1957 — «Angarstroy». Symphonic poem.
1957 — Sixth Symphony (symphonietta) in four parts.
1958 — Seventh Symphony «Moon Sea» in three parts.
1960 — Eighth Symphony «Classical» in four parts.
1961 — «Heroic Dances». Suite for orchestra in five movements.
1962 — Ninth Symphony in four movements.
1964 — Tenth Symphony in three movements.
1964 — Heroic Overture for orchestra («April 12»).
1964 — Festive Overture for orchestra.
Eleventh — Fourteenth Symphonies. The cycle of symphonies «Sovershishasya» in ten parts, with a choir in the finale. 1965-1966.
1974 — Fifteenth — Sixteenth symphonies «Et in amorem vivificantem».
1975 — Seventeenth symphonies

FOR SOPRANO AND PIANO

1975 — «To You». Seven romances for coloratura soprano and piano to the text of Sampurova.
FOR SOPRANO, VIOLIN, FLUTE AND TWO PIANOS

1963 — «The Crime Was in Granada» for soprano, violin, flute and two pianos in memory of F. Garcia Lorca to the text of M. Hernandez.
FOR MIDDLE VOICE AND PIANO

Vocal cycle «Stars» on the text of S. Shchipachev for middle voice and piano.
FOR TENOR AND PIANO

1963 — «When You Pass By». Poem for tenor and piano on the text of Asmapur.
FOR BARITONE AND PIANO

1963 — «African Songs» Vocal cycle for baritone and piano.
FOR BASS AND PIANO

Four romances on words, Russian poets for bass and piano. «Song».
FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO

1963 — Music for violin and piano.
FOR CLARINET AND PIANO

1950s — Four pieces for clarinet and piano.
FOR CELLO AND PIANO

1963 — Music for Cello and Piano.
STRING QUARTETS

1953 — First String Quartet.
1950s — Second String Quartet