Katia Tiutiunnik facts for kids

Katia Tiutiunnik was born in Sydney, Australia, on March 19, 1967. She is an Australian composer, which means she writes music. She is also a scholar, someone who studies a lot, and a violist, meaning she plays the viola. Her family background includes Russian, Ukrainian, and Irish heritage.

Her School Days and Music Studies

Katia Tiutiunnik went to high school at Our Lady of Mercy College and North Sydney Girls High School. She then studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, part of the University of Sydney. Here, she earned her Bachelor of Music degree. She also won several important awards, like the John Antill Composition Scholarship.

Later, she earned her PhD from the Australian National University. A PhD is a very high university degree. While there, she also studied Arabic language. Katia also traveled to Rome, Italy, to study composition. She earned a special Italian degree from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. She learned from a famous composer named Franco Donatoni for two years.

Her Music Career

Katia Tiutiunnik has traveled all over the world to share her knowledge. She has received many awards and grants to help her create music. From 2010 to 2016, she was a special researcher at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She also taught music as a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia from 2012 to 2016.

In 2016, Katia became a Professor of Music at SIAS International University in China. She played the viola with the Sydney Youth Orchestra for several years. She has also performed and recorded her own music, as well as music by other composers.

Katia was the first Australian composer to be a guest scholar at Columbia University in New York City. There, she talked about how her music uses ideas from Islamic mysticism and Middle Eastern cultures. She also worked as an artist-in-residence at schools like Canberra Girls' Grammar School. She was also a composer-in-residence at a famous electronic music studio in New York.

Her Published Works and Inspirations

Katia Tiutiunnik's music has been published in Australia, Italy, and the United States. You can find her works in many libraries around the world. These include the Bodleian Library at Oxford University and the National Library of Australia. Her PhD paper, which explored the meaning behind her music, was published as a book in 2009.

Many of Katia's compositions explore the idea of a journey from darkness to light. Some of her works are inspired by Islamic mysticism and related traditions. She often uses ideas from numerology (the study of numbers and their meanings) in her music. Other things that inspire her include the beautiful landscapes and animals of Australia. She also draws ideas from historical events in the Middle East and the ancient stories of Ancient Mesopotamia.

Performances Around the World

Katia Tiutiunnik's music has been performed and broadcast in many countries. These include Australia, China, Germany, Italy, the United States, and many more.

Her compositions have been featured at important music festivals and conferences. For example, her symphonic poem Noor was first performed in Jordan in 1999. It was dedicated to Queen Noor of Jordan. Her music has also been played at festivals in Milan, Italy, and Sofia, Bulgaria.

On her 40th birthday in 2007, a special concert of her music was held in Russia. Famous musicians performed her works. Katia also gave a talk to music students and was interviewed on the radio. This event helped celebrate the good relationship between Australia and Russia.

Katia's music has even been used in plays at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in cities like London and New York. Her compositions have also been part of the Daniel Pearl World Music Days. This event promotes peace through music.

In 2009, a group called Borealis Brass from the University of Alaska Fairbanks performed many of Katia's works in Australia. They also gave talks about how music can help solve conflicts around the world. One special event included live Koori music and a new trumpet piece by Katia.

Since 2012, Katia's music has continued to be played and broadcast internationally. Many talented artists have performed her pieces. Katia herself has performed as a violist with orchestras in China, Singapore, and Malaysia. She also plays the erhu, a Chinese instrument, and has given solo concerts on it. In 2020, her flute and piano piece, The Quickening, was released on a special album called Women of Note by ABC Classics.

Her Life Journey

From 2008 to 2012, Katia Tiutiunnik lived in New South Wales, Australia, with her two sons. From 2012 to 2016, she lived in Shah Alam, Malaysia. Then, from 2016 to 2019, she lived in Xinzheng, China.

Selected Works

Orchestral and concertante

• Nights in Arabia for viola and orchestra (1992, revised 1998)
• Noor for violin and orchestra (1998)
• An Orientalist in Palestine for orchestra (2000)
• Wonders of Babylon for trombone, wind orchestra and percussion (2001)
• Mikhail for cello and orchestra (2005)
• Redemption: Four reflections for viola and string orchestra (2016)
• 玫瑰 Méiguī : Roses for Chinese Traditional Orchestra (2017)
• 鲜花节 Xiānhuā jié : Festival of Flowers: Symphonic Jewels of the East No.I (2018)

Chamber and instrumental

• Al'amut for piccolo, bass clarinet, harp and tubular bells (1993)
• Arcano for oboe, clarinet, violin and harp (1993)
• Sinan for oboe solo (1993)
• Adone for flute, oboe clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1994)
• Arà for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano and percussion (1995)
• Hidayah for piccolo solo (1995)
• Erato for clarinet solo (1995)
• Apoteosi for piccolo, flute and alto flute (one player) (1995)
• Mahdoom for trombone solo (1998)
• Al-Kauthar for cello solo (1999)
• Danza delle fate arabe for guitar solo (1999)
• Lament of the Flutes for Dumuzi for flute and piano (1999)
• Night Journey for string quartet (2000)
• Al-Hisar for trombone, or viola, or cello solo (2001)
• Canto di Enheduanna for flute, cello and piano (2001)
• Tre Preghiere di Nabuccoduriussor for guitar solo (2001)
• Prayer for viola solo (2002)
• Rinascita for flute, trombone, mezzo-soprano, percussion and violin (2002)
• Via Trionfale: Verso Il Loto Benedetto for horn, trumpet and trombone (2002)
• Cities of the Gods, Cycle of 5 Works for cello solo (2004)

1. "Portal to Nibiru"
2. "Lament to Inanna"
3. "O Fair Daughter of Man!"
4. "Sacred Marriage in TILMUN"
5. "Ali Dorati dei Nefilim (Golden Wings of the Nefilim)"

• L'Imperatore Amato for 2 trumpets (2004)
• The Quickening: A Tribute to Jonathan Kramer for flute and piano (2005)
• Who Is Like God?, Cycle of 4 Works for cello solo (2006)

1. "Exiled in Babylon"
2. "Embracing Dumuzi"
3. "Temple of the Sun"
4. "White Night"

• White Night for viola solo (2006)
• White Nights of Dreams for viola, tubular bells and tam-tam (2007)
• La Passion de Jehanne for trombone and violin (2009)
• Out of the Depths for brass quintet (2009)
• Invocazione a Dumuzi for piano and violin (2011)
• L'Embargo for viola and percussion ensemble (2011)
• La Notte Bianca for violin (2011)
• Inno a Dumuzi for countertenor and piano (2012)
• Abbracciando Dumuzi for violoncello, vibraphone and togunggak ensemble (2012)
• Malam Putih for 2 violas and togunggak ensemble (2012)
• Elegia: Una Notte Bianca for trombone solo (2012)
• Al-Falaq for trumpet, trombone, togunggak ensemble, 2 gendang and gong aggung (2013)
• Ballando con la Vita for trombone and violin (2013)
• Le Vie del Vento Divino for flute/ney, 2 bass flutes, contrabass flute and percussion (2013)
• At-Taubah: A Meditation for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2013)
• A Requiem for bass flute and vibraphone (2014)
• Gioielli della Notte for contrabass flute solo (2014)
• Notti Bianche d'Amore for bass flute or contrabass flute and tubular bells (2014)
• Al-Laila: A Lamentation for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2014)
• Az-Zuhoor: An Elegy for 'Oud for 'oud solo (2014)
• Sacred Night for bass clarinet, violin and digital delay (2014)
• Una Notte Sacra for bass flute or contrabass flute solo (2015)
• Notti Sacre delle Nuvole Bianche for 2 flutes, alto flute, bass flute and tubular bells (2015)
• Daripada Kedalaman for piccolo, 4 flutes and bass flute (2015)
• Le Regine for violin, amplified gambus and gamelan ensemble (2015)
• Tarian Takdir for amplified gambus, togunggak ensemble, 2 gendang and gong aggung (2015)
• Ukiran Malam for viola, violoncello, tubular bells and digital delay (2015)
• Festival des Roses for trumpet, trombone and gamelan ensemble (2015)
• Roses : Reflections for flute, bass flute, tubular bells/vibraphone and tam-tam (2017)
• 神圣的夜晚 Shénshèng de yèwǎn : A meditation for bass flute, viola, tubular bells/vibraphone and tam-tam (2017)
• Les Nuits Blanches des Rêves for oboe, tubular bells and tam-tam (2018)
• 拥抱重生 Yǒngbào chóngshēng for violin solo (2018)
• Dansant avec la vie for flute and bass flute or flute and contrabass flute (2018)
• 与生活共舞 Yǔ shēnghuó gòng wǔ for flute and violin (2018)
• 挽歌：神圣的白夜 Wǎngē: Shénshèng de Báiyè for alto saxophone solo (2018)
• Embrassant la Renaissance for oboe solo (2018)
• 拥抱重生 Yǒngbào chóngshēng : Embracing the Rebirth for erhu solo (2018)
• 禁运 Jìn yùn : The Embargo for oboe and percussion ensemble (2018)
• Le Notti Bianche dei Sogni : for flute, tubular bells and tam-tam for flute, tubular bells and tam-tam (2018)
• 祷告 Dǎogào : Prayer for gaohu solo (2018)
• 祷告 Dǎogào for erhu solo (2018)
• L'Abbraccio della Rinascita for bass flute and contrabass flute solo (2018)
• Dumuzi's Embrace for viola solo (2018)
• Una notte sacra for alto flute (2018)
• 玫瑰第三章节:白玫瑰献给死去的女王 Méiguī dì sān zhāngjié: Bái méiguī xiàn gěi sǐqù de nǚwáng for erhu and piano (2019)
• L'Abbraccio della Rinascita for flute and bass flute solo (2020)
• Una Notte Sacra per flauto in Do flute solo (2020)
• Iluminada: Três Reflexões sobre Fátima, for recorder and harpsichord (2022)

1. "Sombras dos Segredos" for tenor recorder and harpsichord
2. "Rainha Resplandecente" for descant recorder and harpsichord
3. "Dança Sagrada" for tenor recorder and harpsichord

Piano

• Bhairawa for piano solo (1995)
• Agressi Sunt Mare Tenebrarum Quid in Eo Esset Exploraturi for piano (1996)

Vocal

• Rinascita for mezzo-soprano, trombone, percussion, violin and violoncello (2002)
• Resurrection for massed choirs and two large percussion ensembles (2004)
• To the Enemy for soprano and percussion ensemble (2004); text by Eva Salzman
• Jehanne for soprano and viola (2007); text by Elisabetta Faenza
• De Profundis Clamavi for soprano solo and women's and/or children's choir (2009)

Electroacoustic

• Dumuzi, Priest and King for 3 Dimensional Sound Cube and viola, Charles Morrow Productions (2005)
• Voices in the Night for multi channelled cello and voices (2006); text: Lucy Aponte; cello: David Pereira; voices: Anthony Michael Tiutiunnik and Katia Tiutiunnik