Alexander Kasyanov
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kasyanov (13 February 1982) was a Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He studied privately in his youth with Mily Balakirev and Alexander Glazunov before pursuing studies at the Petrograd Conservatory from which he graduated. At that conservatory he studied under Nikolay Sokolov (music composition) and Sergei Lyapunov (piano).
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- Name
- Aleksandr Kasyanov
- Birthplace
- Bolobonovo (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 13 February 1982
- Place of death
- Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Nizhny Novgorod)
- Occupation
- * Composer
- Born
- 1891 · Simbirsk Governorate.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- music
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · Order of the October Revolution · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of the Patriotic War and 1st class · Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 · Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Kasyanov (13 February 1982) was a Soviet and Russian composer, conductor, pianist and professor. He studied privately in his youth with Mily Balakirev and Alexander Glazunov before pursuing studies at the Petrograd Conservatory from which he graduated. At that conservatory he studied under Nikolay Sokolov (music composition) and Sergei Lyapunov (piano).
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From 1918 until his death in 1982 Kasyanov lived in Nizhniy Novgorod (also known as Gorky). He worked as a conductor of opera and theatre music and also taught at the conservatory in Nizhniy Novgorod. He received the Order of Lenin in 1967, Order of the October Revolution in 1981, and People's Artist of the USSR in 1971.
Alexander Kasyanov studied at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The field of work recorded is music. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.
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• Name — Aleksandr Kasyanov • Birthplace — Bolobonovo (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast), Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 13 February 1982 • Place of death — Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Nizhny Novgorod) • Occupation — * Composer • Conductor • Pianist • Teacher • Genre — Classical • Instrument — Piano
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• Iola «Иола» (1923), • Stepan Razin, «Степан Разин» (1939) on the Cossack Stepan Razin revised 1953, 3rd revision 1977 given at the Bolshoi • Partizantka «Партизанка» (1941) • Foma Gordeyev «Фома Гордеев» (1946) revised 1966 Kromlyovsky Theatre • In the Far North «На дальнем Севере» (1947), • Yermak «Ермак» (1957) on the Cossack Yermak Timofeyevich
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1891
Alexander Kasyanov born at Simbirsk Governorate.
1982
Alexander Kasyanov died at Nizhny Novgorod.
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Alexander Kasyanov received Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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- 1.Levaya, Tamara Nikolayevna. Kas′yanov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. 2001. 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45566 subscription required.
- 2.Soviet music - Page 122 Liudmila Viktorovna Poliakova 1961 "It includes such operas as Alexander Kasyanov's Stepan Razin, and Yermak, Antonio Spadavecchia's The Mistress of the Inn, Ordeal and The Gadfly, Kirill Molchanov's The Dawn, Del Corno Street, Vladimir Rubin's Three Fat Men, Grigory ...
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Alexander Kasyanov is recorded as having received Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution and People's Artist of the USSR. The identifiers under which Alexander Kasyanov may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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