Dimension of Quiescence (2009) for alto saxophone, percussion and video (in cooperation with Tarvo Hanno Varres) by Tatjana Kozlova was selected to the festival ISCM World Music Days 2010, which takes place from April 30 to May 9 in Sydney. The international festival focuses on contemporary music and sound art and is held annually in different cities around the world. For the first time the ISCM World New Music Days will be held in Australia.
The prestigious festival will present interesting music from the 52 sections of the ISCM (International Society of Contemporary Music), the majority of works have been composed after 2004. Also many world and Australian premiere performances will take place by Australia’s top performers and international artists. Besides Kozlova's work, also Arvo Pärt's Berliner Messe for mixed choir and string orchestra (1990) will be performed.
ISCM is an important international network of members from around fifty countries, devoted to the promotion and presentation of contemporary music.
Tatjana Kozlova studied music theory at Tallinn Georg Ots Music School, taking composition lessons from Toivo Tulev at the same time. In 1999, she continued her composition studies at the Estonian Academy of Music with Jaan Rääts and Helena Tulve. In 2003–2004, she studied at the G. Tartini Conservatoire in Trieste, Italy, adviser Fabio Nieder. Currently she is in the Master’s degree program of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre as the student of Helena Tulve. Kozlova has participated in many international master courses and seminars.
Kozlova has composed works for symphony orchestra, solo instruments, vocal and chamber music, but the works for different ensembles forms the most significant part of her oeuvre. In 2004, Kozlova was awarded third place in the youth category at the International Composers Rostrum in Paris, in 2006 the main award of the International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt and in 2008 the Heino Eller Music Prize.
Agnes Toomla