Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006)

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: June 17, 1919, Petrograd Died: December 22, 2006, St. Petersburg (age 87)

wikipedia | ustvolskaya.org/eng

Violin Sonata

(for violin and piano)

Duration: 20 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1952 (age 32-33)

3 recordings, 3 videos

19:36

Josef Rissin, Olga Rissin-Morenova

22:34

Tara Lynn Ramsey, Christopher Wendell Jones

17:12

Mikhail Waiman, Maria Karandashova

Teacher

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: September 25, 1906, St. Petersburg Died: August 9, 1975, Moscow (age 68)

Student

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: June 1, 1934, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Died: June 7, 2019, St. Petersburg (age 85)

Student

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: March 23, 1939, Leningrad Died: December 9, 2010 (age 71)

friend

Nationality: Russian | Soviet

Born: June 13, 1942, Miass, Ural, Russia Died: July 10, 2012, Hamburg (age 70)

chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.