{"id":32,"date":"2025-12-30T20:21:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T17:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-02-13T23:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:24:35","slug":"works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/?page_id=32","title":{"rendered":"WORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The list below includes selected works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EUGENE ONEGIN<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ballet in four acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\u00a9 San Francisco Ballet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Libretto by Valeriy Pecheykin
Sets Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Tim Yip
Lighting Designer: Jim French
Projection Designer: Finn Ross

January 23, 2026 \u2013 San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
June 4, 2026 \u2013 The Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera House; Chicago, Illinois<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This production of\u00a0Eugene Onegin\u00a0<\/em>is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet.\u00a0

“…a wonderfully eclectic score by Ilya Demutsky that carries only trace elements of Tchaikovsky, along with those of Prokofiev, Kabalevsky, lush movie musicals, and more. What matters is how the music shifts and morphs to manifest the storyline and the characters\u2019 emotional arcs ” – San Francisco Classical Voice (read here<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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SALLE DE DANSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ballet in one act<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Choreography: Sol Le\u00f3n and Paul Lightfoot
Designers: Sol Le\u00f3n and Paul Lightfoot
Lighting Designers: Sol Le\u00f3n and Paul Lightfoot

Conducted by Matthew Rowe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 11, 2026 \u2013 The Royal Ballet, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This production <\/em>is a co-production of The Royal Ballet and The Norwegian National Ballet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ANNA KARENINA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ballet in two acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u00a9 Joffrey Ballet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Libretto by Valeriy Pecheykin
Costume and Sets Designer: Tom Pye
Music Director: Scott Speck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joffrey Ballet of Chicago and Australian Ballet
The world premiere took place on February 13, 2019 at Auditorium Theater (Chicago, IL).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“This striking, steamy, seductive ballet is a masterpiece\u2026 The music composed by Ilya Demutsky, one of the most sought-after composers in the world, is a real star of the production” – The Guardian (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Demustky\u2019s score\u2026 perfectly expresses the emotional turmoil of Tolstoy\u2019s story …terrific score” – Dance Australia (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Movements are complemented beautifully by an original score for the work, composed by Ilya Demutsky. Throughout the performance, the ballet plays a delicate dance between modernism and classicism, love and loss, minimalism and opulence, the abstract and the familiar. It was mesmerizing, so much so that time moved quickly for a story that is more emotional than focused on a fast-paced plot” – ThirdCoastReview (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NUREYEV<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ballet in two acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Libretto by Kirill Serebrennikov
Director and Designer: Kirill Serebrennikov
Costume Designer: Elena Zaitseva
Music Director: Anton Grishanin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), Historic Stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world premiere took place on December 9, 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE SEAGULL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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ballet in four acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Libretto by Alexander Molochnikov
Director: Alexander Molochnikov
Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Emma Ryott
Light Designer: David Finn
Music Director: Anton Grishanin

Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), New Stage
The world premiere took place on July 1, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GABRIELLE CHANEL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

ballet in one act<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\u00a9 MuzArts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Libretto and direction: Alexei Frandetti
Set design: Maria Tregubova
Costume Design: Chanel
Music Director: Pavel Klinichev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Producer: Yuri Baranov
MuzArts Foundation
The world premiere took place on June 22, 2019 at Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), Historic Stage<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A HERO OF OUR TIME<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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ballet in three acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Director, Designer and Author of Libretto: Kirill Serebrennikov
Costume Designers: Elena Zaitseva, Kirill Serebrennikov
Music Director: Anton Grishanin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow), New Stage
The world premiere took place on July 22, 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BLACK SQUARE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

opera in two acts<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Idea by Igor Konyukhov
Libretto by Olga Maslova and Igor Konyukhov

The world premiere of 2-piano version took place on November 28, 2018 at New Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), Music Director and Conductor: Ilya Demutsky

The world premiere of orchestrated version took place on April 2, 2024 at the Lyric Theatre @ Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA), conductor: Michael Tiley, director: Nathan Gunn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlack Square acknowledges artistic response to that era\u2019s large-scale upheaval while allowing us to sense ongoing relevance. Demutsky evokes, in a contemporary way, some of the rhythmic incision and colorful flair of several well-known Soviet musicians. The libretto cautions against political manipulation, and contains much that is bizarre, leveraging ironic distance while suggesting that stable kinds of meaning are elusive\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/em>Katherine Syer, for Lyric Theatre quarterly newletter, January 2018<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Black Square is an English-language, avant-garde opera, created first and foremost for American audiences: not a museum piece but a new work of theatre, intended to bring something of Kruchenykh and Malevich to life today, simultaneously moving and delighting contemporary audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/em>Jessica Hinds-Bond, for The Theatre Times, December 2017<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith music by Ilya Demutsky and libretto by Olga Maslova and Igor Konyukhov, the opera is a two-act futuristic tragicomedy that \u201cmixes intellectual traditions of Russian avant-garde and fast pacing style of an action thriller.\u201d The work is reportedly inspired by the 1913 opera \u201cVictory over the Sun.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 <\/em>David Salazar for Opera Wire, November 2018<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OPTIMISTIC TRAGEDY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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\u00a9 San Francisco Ballet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

ballet in one act<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choreographer: Yuri Possokhov
Sest Design: Alexander V. Nichols
Costume Designer: Mark Zappone
Music Director: Martin West<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco Ballet

The world premiere took place on January 26, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ilya Demutsky\u2019s commissioned score, a gorgeous, soaring composition packed with emotion and soul” – San Francisco Chronicle (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ilya Demutsky\u2019s commissioned score, a gorgeous, soaring composition packed with emotion and soul” – Bachtrack.com (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“…the haunting score by Russian composer Ilya Demutsky \u2014 that were the ballet\u2019s true heroes” – The Mercury News (<\/em>read here<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VIOLIN CONCERTO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Commissioned by Vadim Repin and Trans-Siberian Art Festival
Violin: Vadim Repin
Conductor: Alexey Rubin
Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bThe world premiere took place on March 21, 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The list below includes selected works. EUGENE ONEGIN ballet in four acts Choreographer: Yuri PossokhovLibretto by Valeriy PecheykinSets Designer: Tom PyeCostume Designer: Tim YipLighting Designer: Jim FrenchProjection Designer: Finn Ross January 23, 2026 \u2013 San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, CaliforniaJune 4, 2026 \u2013 The Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera House; Chicago, Illinois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196,"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demutsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}