Valery Levental
Valery Yakovlevich Levental (17 August 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a Russian theatrical scenic designer. He was named People's Artist of the USSR and was a member-correspondent of the Academy of Art. He designed many musicals and dramas in Russia and abroad.
Also recorded as Valery Levental' · Valery Yakovlevich Levental · Valerij Jakovlevich Levental
Valery Levental
- Born
- 1938 · Moscow.
- Died
- 2015 · Baltimore.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- librettist · scenographer · painter · designer · teacher · artist
- Fields
- scenography · design
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Honours
- Order of Friendship · People's Painter of the USSR · People's Painter of the RSFSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Valery Yakovlevich Levental (17 August 1938 – 8 June 2015) was a Russian theatrical scenic designer. He was named People's Artist of the USSR and was a member-correspondent of the Academy of Art. He designed many musicals and dramas in Russia and abroad.
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Between 1988 and 1995, he was the lead artist in Russia's famed Bolshoi Theatre. Levental was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 1994.
Valery Levental studied at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is scenography and design. Distinctions recorded are Order of Friendship, People's Painter of the USSR and People's Painter of the RSFSR.
Valery Levental is recorded as having received Order of Friendship, People's Painter of the USSR and People's Painter of the RSFSR. Valery Levental is recorded as librettist, scenographer, painter, designer and teacher. The authorities additionally record the headings Valery Levental', Valery Yakovlevich Levental and Valerij Jakovlevich Levental.
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1938
Valery Levental was born in 1938 at Moscow.
2015
Valery Levental died in 2015 at Baltimore.
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