Julia Gomelskaya

Biography

Awards

• the 1st prize at the 2nd International Composition Contest of Comines,
• the 1st prize at the 35th Concours International de Chant Choral Florilege de Tours, France, 2006.
• Laureate of the Boris Liatoshyns’kyj Prize :ru:Лятошинский, Борис Николаевич of the Ukrainian Ministry for Culture and Arts.
• Laureate of Odessa Municipal Prize 2006.

  List of works

• "Aura lucis" Concert-Symphony for violin and symphony orchestra
• "Ra-Aeternae" Symphony N4 for symphony orchestra

• “DiaDem-Julia” for two violins

• "Magnet" Symphony №3 for symphony orchestra
• "Jessenin-Pastelle" for bass-baritone, bayan and piano, poems by Sergej Jessenin
• «Planet «Life» for string orchestra and piano
• Two songs for female choir on folk Ukrainian texts: “Lulli vid Yuli” and “Kucheriava Kateryna”
• «Warm rain» for domra and piano
• «Меrezhyvo-zhyve» for three banduras

• "Alleluia Festivo" for female choir
• “DiaDem-Viva-Di” for bayan and piano
• "Trace of…" version for violin and piano
• "Trace of…" version for violoncello and piano

• "Three Ascents to the Identity" for chamber ensemble
• "Major-Major" for brass quintet
• "in the stream of pulsed LYRA" Chamber symphony for string orchestra

• “Vyjdy, vyjdy, Ivanku” transcription of folk song for brass quintet
• “Vyjdy, vyjdy, Ivanku” transcription of folk song for trumpet quintet
• “Vyjdy, vyjdy, Ivanku” transcription of folk song for wind quintet
• "WINTER PASTORAL" for trumpet quintet
• "Writing to Onegin. One more try" version for female voice, viola, cello, marimba and harp, poems by Ruth Padel
• "Writing to Onegin. One more try" for female voice and cello, poems by Ruth Padel

• SYMPHONY #2 “UKRAINE FOREVER” for symphony orchestra
• Flashbacks Of a Tired Popstar novels for bass-baritone, violin and piano, poems by Karl Maria Kinsky
• Wings of East Wind for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano
• “DiaDem” N3 for bandura and bajan

• Concerto grosso for violin and string orchestra
• ukRAINian BALLAD for soprano and tuba

• “Trace of Trumpet” for trumpet and piano
• “Charms of a Lonely Fiery Bird or Well Digitized Bandoura” for bandura and electronics
• Jab-Jazz for trombone, piano and 1 percussion player

• CONCERT for piano and string orchestra
• “AtomAnatomy” for cl, bass-cl, soprano-sax, alto-sax, 1 perc. player, p-no, acc-n, two v-ns, v-la, v-c and d-bass
• “STRIMPELLATA-Sounds” Сhamber Symphony for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, two violins, viola, cello and double-bass
• “the only hint…” for clarinet in B

• “Through Crystals of Gothic Mosaic” for flute\alto-flute, violoncello, piano
• “Calling the Sun” for 2 pianos
• “O Vstrechnom”-message for piano
• “Vyjdy, vyjdy, Ivanku” transcription of folk song for mixed choir,
• “GUTSULKA-DANCE” version for 2 pianos and 2 percussion players
• “GUTSULKA-DANCE” for piano and one percussion player
• “Whispering, speaking, singing…” for mixed choir

• “UKRAJINOCHKA” for piano
• “dive deep in a rhythm-risk-riot…” for violin, violoncello and piano
• “RHYTHMUS” version for cello and piano
• “RHYTHMUS” for double bass and piano

• “MY SISTER-NIGHT” for mezzo, flute\alto-flute, piano poems by Dollie Radford
• “SymPhoBia” symphony for orchestra

• "WINTER PASTORAL" version for vocal quartet, verses by Boris Pasternak, translation by L.Pasternak-Slater
• “DiaDem” N2 for violin and cello
• “DiaDem” for flute and piano
• “the only hint…” for flute solo
• “CARL & CLARA" for clarinet and piano

• “VITAE MUSICA” for mixed choir and piano, poems by Roman Brodavko
• “EcHorn” for horn player and piano

• “OUT OF GRAVITATION” for soprano, flute\alto-flute and piano, poems by Gwyneth Lewis
• “THE RIOT” for big wind ensemble, version for wind symphony orchestra
• “THE TRIUMPH OF ADRENALINE” for trombone and percussion
• "DiaDem” for flute and harp
• “BARVA” for bandura solo

• “THE TRAP FOR TWO” for saxophones soprano and alto
• “…herbarium…music of recalls…” for violin, viola, cello
• “BEHIND THE SHADOW OF SOUND” for violin and bayan
• “DABUBA-PA” for violin solo

• "THE DIVINE SARAH" opera-scene for mezzo-soprano and piano, libretto by Michael Irwin
• "SYNOPSIS OF SYMMETRIES" for flute, violin, viola & cello
• “SEVEN TOUCHES” for piano

• "ZIG-NET-ZAG" for clarinet/bass clarinet, cello and two pianos
• "ITHRON-PHONIUM" for symphony orchestra

• "JANE EYRE" ballet for small symphonic orchestra
• "FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SOUL" string quartet
• "WAITING" for mezzo-soprano and piano, verses by Jennie Fontana

• "MEMENTO VITAE" for small symphony orchestra
• "FLUTE VER-INVERSIONS" for flute and tape
• "KURT-REMINISCENCES" for wind orchestra
• "TEAR-STAINED AUTUMN" for soprano and piano, verses by Anna Akhmatova
• "SENTIMENTAL SERENADE" for bassoon and piano
• "BAGATELLE" for horn and piano
• "WINTER PASTORAL" for choir a cappella, verses by Boris Pasternak
• "FORGOTTEN RITUAL" for chamber ensemble

• "N-QUARTET" for string quartet
• "DIPHONIUM" for ten instruments
• "FLORIDAS" for small symphony orchestra
• ”PHONIUM-FOLK" for flute, violin, cello and piano

• "SAXONOME.APOLOGIA" for alto-saxophone and ensemble
• "UNWHISPERED WORDS" chamber cantata for soprano, flute and piano, verses by Olena Matushek

• "EXLIBRIS" for violin and symphony orchestra
• "SPRING VERSES" chamber cantata for children's choir, violin, percussion and piano

• "IN MODO SKETCH" for cello and piano

• "POEM-OVERTURE" for symphony orchestra

• "IN OPPOSITION" string quartet
• Fantasia on themes of "Porge and Bess" opera by George Gershwin for violin, cello and piano

• "SHOUT" chamber cantata for baritone, violin, cello and piano, prose by Yurij Bondarev

• Sonata for violin and piano

  Commissions

• the ballet Jane Eyre for the London Children's Ballet which received its first performance at the Wimbledon Theatre in May 1997
• From the Bottom of the Soul string quartet for the Spitalfields Festival 1997 for the Yggdrasil Quartet
• Waiting for British mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker and Malcolm Martineau for the Wigmore Hall 1997/98 season in London
• The Divine Sarah opera-scene for British mezzo-soprano Sarah Walker for the Mayfield Festival 2000
• Zig-Net-Zag for the Ensemble Klangheimlich for the concert programmes for 1999 in Berne and Zurich
• Seven Touches for piano for Franziska Rieder, 2000
• The Riot for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama wind orchestra by BASBWE Education Trust for the British Music Academies Festival 2001
• Out of Gravitation for Amaltea Ensemble
• The hint only... for Mario Caroli for Spaziomusica Festival 2003
• Winter Pastoral for Vox Vocal Quartet
• My sister-night for Amaltea Ensemble
• Through Crystals of Gothic Mozaic for Amaltea Ensemble
• Strimpellata-Sounds chamber symphony for La Strimpellata Ensemble
• ukRAINian BALLAD for Franziska Welti and Leo Bachmann
• Trace of Trumpet for the "V International Myron Starovetskyi Competition for young trumpeters "Competition trumpeters"
• Flashbacks of a Tired Popstar for Rupert Bergmann
• Writing to Onegin. One More Try for female voice and cello for Franziska Welti and Moritz Müllenbach
• Three Ascents to the Identity for chamber ensemble for MD7 Ensemble for Festival UNICUM and XXVI Festival “Trieste Prima”