Ihar Komar (Republic of Belarus) is a master’s degree student at the Belarusian State Academy of Music. He graduated from the department of composition, being a student of a Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus, professor Galina Gorelova. In 2018, within the framework of the European mobility program Erasmus+ he studied at the Jazeps Vitols Academy of Music of Latvia in Riga, supervised by associate professor Janis Petrashkevich.
Ihar is the holder of four scholarships of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for gifted students. He also is a scholarship holder of the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus that supports talented youth. He won a special prize from the publishing house Chant du Monde: Prize named after Vissarion Shebalin. He won the second prize in the category for Piano trio, quartet or quintet at the 7th competition of young composers in memory of Alfred Schnittke and Sviatoslav Richter, within the 14th Winter International Festival of Arts in Sochi, Russian Federation. His works were performed at festivals such as The Composer’s Readings (Russian Federation), 28th International Review of Composers (Belgrade, Serbia) and Lenten Concerts 2020 – Reviving cultural traditions (Republic of Belarus).
About the work
Home is about my homeland which has gone through a lot of sorrowful incidents. “Oἶκοζ” means “home” in Ancient Greek. This word also became the basis for the concept of ecology. In my piece I raise an important environmental nuclear issue. My home is still struggling with the negative consequences of the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. What I see is a forest landscape which would be breezy and pure if it weren’t poisoned by some unstoppable and invisible energy.