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Inna Zhvanetskaya
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| Birth name | Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaya |
| Born | January 20, 1937 Vinnytsia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | December 18, 2024 |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
Composer Inna Abramovna Zhvanetskaya was born in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, on 20 January 1937. She died on 18 December 2024 in Stuttgart, Germany, where she spent last years of her life. She studied composition under Nikolay Peyko at the Gnessin School where she graduated in 1964. She taught piano and in 1965 became a lecturer in score-reading and instrumentation at the Gnessin School (today the Gnessin State Musical College).
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Work
Zhvanetskaya's compositions include:
Chamber
- Burlesque (violin and piano; 1959)
- Five Dance Pieces for Children (two cellos; 2007)
- La Bale (viola and piano; 2015)
- Memories of the Composer Alfred Schnittke (solo cello)
- Six Pieces (wind quintet; 1969)
- Violin Sonata (1976)
- Splinters of Childhood (solo violin)
- String Quartet (1962)
- Variations on a Jewish Theme (two violins)
Orchestral
- Double Bass Concerto (with piano reduction; 1978)
- Overture (1963)
- Piano Concerto
- Suite (string orchestra; 1965)
Piano
- Partita (1966)
- Polyphonic Fantasy (1962)
- Toccata (1961)
- Variations on a Theme of Brahms (1958)
Vocal
- Cycle (words by A. Izaakian; voice and piano; 1960)
- From Medieval Hebrew Poetry (1998)
- Loud Songs of Anna Akhmatova
- Romances (words by V. Bryusov and other unspecified poets)
- Yanvarski Stroki (words by S. Smirnov; voice and piano; 1968)
- Zemiyai! (words by Tvorenye-Cholovek; chorus and orchestra; 1972)
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