His vocal works are often based on texts of Russian poets like Alexander Blok or Joseph Brodsky.
His viola concerto 'Path-Put-Chemin-Weg' was commissioned on the occasion of the 50th birthdays of Yuri Bashmet and Valeri Gergiev and premiered in Le Chatelet in January 2003.
The production, by Simon McBurney, has also been staged at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan (in March 2013 starring Paulo Szot), and the Opéra National de Lyon (in January 2014).
[1] One of his most recent musical pieces, entitled 'A White Nights Dream', was premiered at the Royal Festival Hall (London, UK; cond.
This led to the commission of another work, Green Mass, which was premiered by Jurowski and the LPO along with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge in 2016.