Galina Grigorjeva: Met-a-mor-phose for solo oboe (2011)

Galina Grigorjeva (b. 1962) Met-a-mor-phose for solo oboe (2011) William Wielgus, oboe Lockdown recording Jan 21, 2022 Images of the northern lights over Estonia. Met-a-mor-phose was the obligatory piece for the Estonian wind instrument players competition of 2012 “The output of Galina Grigorjeva has deserved appreciation for its remarkably subtle and animated melodic style. Her music is tightly linked to Slavonic sacred music as well as early European polyphony. Grigorjeva “orchestrates“ polyphony with remarkable skill and grace, creating meaningful and beautiful harmonic flickers amidst the fluid texture. She pays utmost attention to the expressiveness and significance of each interval and intonation. There is a lot of air and space for breathing in her music. Born in Crimea, Ukraine, Galina Grigorjeva studied at the Simferopol Music School and Odessa Conservatoire. In 1991, she graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatoire under Prof. Yuri Falik and was engaged in postgraduate studies with Lepo Sum