# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sofia-gubaidulina
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:12:59.764Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was born 24 October 1931 in the Soviet Union, where she built a prolific catalog of chamber, orchestral, and choral works that explored the tension between Western and Eastern music through innovative microtonality, chromaticism, and rhythm over form. Alongside Alfred Schnittke, Arvo Pärt, and Edison Denisov, she became one of the foremost composers disfavored by Soviet authorities including the KGB, yet her work found its way to international stages. Her first major breakthrough came with the violin concerto Offertorium in 1980, a piece that carried the emotional intensity and "connected flow" she sought to bring into the fragmented staccato of life. Commissions from major orchestras followed, her modernist sacred music praised for its contrasting tonalities and the legato that bound it together. She died 13 March 2025.