Alexandre Danilevski (
Russian: Александр Данилевский; born in 1957 in
Saint Petersburg) is a Russian-born French
composer,
lutenist,
vielle player, active in
Metz, France. He is the artistic director of Syntagma, an early music ensemble noted in particular for interpretations of music by the
trouvères, Italian composers from
Trecento, and Russian and Ukrainian
baroque composers.
In 2012 Danilevski was profiled in an hour-long program on the Dutch radio station
Concertzender.[1]
List of works
Piano solo
Sonata N° 2 (1987) Sonata-Reminiscenza: In Memoriam Nikolai Medtner
Sonata "1985. In Memoriam Charles Ives"
Le Retour
Piano Suite in g
Raining on Kopenhagen;
Sonates I and II;
Night Music;
Concerto for two pianos
Other instruments
Sonata I for violin and piano;
"Revelation" for cello solo, ed. by HH-Musikverlag: AD001
Three Inventions for three melodic instruments
Ricercars (7 pieces for recorder or flute solo – in print now: Edition Tre Fontane);
"Tombeau de Messiaen" for organ, commissioned for the festival "La Route des Orgues";
Dolce Suono for two recorders – ed. by Tre Fontane: ETF 2038
"Antiphones – I" (1997 – in print Tre Fontane) and II
Senza Titolo
Organum for string orchestra;
String Quartets I to X
For voice and instrumental ensemble
Koanes, 2013
Lauda 'Se mai per maraveglia'
Oda an die Traurigkeit
"Seven Words of Christ"
Pietа for soprano and string quartet, recorder and organ ad libitum;
Recordings
A. Danilevski. Koanes. Fragments of Consciousness. Centaur Records, 2016 – ensemble Syntagma and ensemble SurPlus
A. Danilevski. The Uncertainty Principle, Carpe Diem, 2012 ("Lauda", "Oda an die Traurigkeit" – Syntagma, "Antiphones" – Flanders Recorder Quartet, "Révélation" – Larissa Groeneveld, cello)
"Journey to the Cedar Forest" from the ballet Enkidu and Gilgamesh
Early Music
"Johannes Ciconia and his time" Melodia 1998
"Russian Baroque Music" Pierre Vérany, 2002
"Touz esforciez /Trouvères en Lorraine", Pierre Vérany, 2004