Nikolai Sidelnikov
Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer. Sidelnikov studied with E. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981.
Also recorded as Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov
Nikolai Sidelnikov
- Name
- Nikolai Sidelnikov
- Birth Name
- Никола́й Никола́евич Сиде́льников
- Born
- 5 June 1930
- Birthplace
- Tver, Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russia
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory
- Occupation
- Composer, Musical pedagogue
- Died
- 20 June 1992
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Fields
- opera
- Honours
- People's Artist of the Russian Federation · People's Artist of the RSFSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer. Sidelnikov studied with E. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981.
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Among his pupils were Audronė Žigaitytė, Vyacheslav Artemov, Eduard Artemyev, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Vladimir Martynov, Anton Rovner, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Glebovich Sokolov and Vladimir Bitkin. His works include operas: • Alen'kiy Tsvetochek (The Scarlet Flower, after S. Aksakov, 1974) • Chertogon (opera dilogy after Nikolai Leskov: Zagul, Pokhmelye, 1978–1981) • Beg (The Run after Mikhail Bulgakov, 1987) a ballet: • Stepan Razin and also: 6 symphonies, an oratorio, cantatas, choral, chamber and vocal music. • Russkie skazki (Русские сказки — The Russian Fairy Tales, 1968) - a concert for 12 players is one of his most notable compositions.
Nikolai Sidelnikov studied at Moscow Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Moscow Conservatory. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist of the RSFSR.
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• Name — Nikolai Sidelnikov • Birth Name — Никола́й Никола́евич Сиде́льников • Born — 5 June 1930 • Birthplace — Tver, Soviet Union • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Education — Moscow Conservatory • Occupation — Composer, Musical pedagogue • Died — 20 June 1992 • Resting Place — Troyekurovskoye Cemetery
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1930
Nikolai Sidelnikov born at Tver.
1992
Nikolai Sidelnikov died at Moscow.
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- „Ex oriente...“. Ten Composers from the Former USSR: Viktor Suslin, Dmitry Smirnov, Arvo Pärt, Yury Kasparov, Galina Ustvolskaya, Nikolai Sidelnikov, Elena Firsova, Vladimir Martynov, Andrei Eshpai, Boris Chaikovky. Hrsg. von Valeria Tsenova, Die Musikforschung, 2006
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