Prof. Chasan wrote:

>One of the positive things about living in Boston is WHRB. (The negative
>list is very long). Last night I heard, on that station's new recordings
>program, a performance of what must be a fairly recent viola concerto
>by Sofia Gubadalina, with Bashmet as soloist. Based on one hearing,
>it strikes me as spectacularly good.

An informative bio of this remarkably prolific artist is at:

     http://www.schirmer.com/composers/gubaidulina_bio.html

   She has been the recipient of prestigious commissions from the
   Berlin, Helsinki, and Holland Festivals, the Library of Congress,
   the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and
   many other organizations and ensembles.  The major triumph of
   the recent past was the premiere in 2002 of the monumental
   two-part cycle, "Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ according
   to St. John," commissioned respectively by the International
   Bachakademie Stuttgart and the Norddeutschen Rundfunk, Hamburg.

The International Bachakademie also commissioned the recently discussed
Golijov "Passion according to St. Mark." The Arkiv Music site at:

  http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?a=b&name_id=4814&name_role=1

shows 46 recordings of her works, including the viola concerto, with
Bashmet (Gergiev cond.) (DG 471494).

GeneH