Vano Muradeli
Illustration — Vano Muradeli Vano Muradeli (ვანო მურადელი; 6 April 1908 – 14 August 1970), was a Soviet Georgian composer.
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Vano Muradeli

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- Born
- 1908. · Gori.
- Died
- 1970. · Tomsk.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire, Democratic Republic of Georgia and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- composer.
- Fields
- opera, operetta, ballet, symphony and song.
- Education
- Tbilisi State Conservatoire and Moscow Conservatory.
- Teachers
- Vladimir Shcherbachov, Sargis Barkhudaryan, Michail Bagrinovskiy and Borys Shekhter.
- Honours
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
- Languages
- Russian.
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Illustration — Vano Muradeli Vano Muradeli (ვანო მურადელი; 6 April 1908 – 14 August 1970), was a Soviet Georgian composer.
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Vano Muradeli studied at Tbilisi State Conservatoire and Moscow Conservatory. Training under Vladimir Shcherbachov, Sargis Barkhudaryan and Michail Bagrinovskiy is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera, operetta, ballet and symphony. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
He was born in Gori, Georgia (then part of Imperial Russia) to Georgian -Armenian parents. He graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatoire in 1931; then studied with Nikolai Myaskovsky at the Moscow Conservatory. From 1934 to 1938, he worked there. From 1942 to 1944, he served as a principal and artistic director of the Central Ensemble of the Soviet Navy. In 1946, he was awarded the Stalin Prize. In 1948, his opera The Great Friendship was censured by the resolution of the Communist Party Central Committee. After Joseph Stalin's death, he was restored to favor and granted the title of the People's Artist of the USSR in 1968.
Works
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Opera: • "The Great Friendship" (1947; premiere, Moscow, 7 November 1947) • "October" (1950; revised 1962; premiere, Moscow, 22 April 1964) Operetta: • "Moscow-Paris-Moscow" (1968) Orchestra: • Symphony No. 1 "To the Memory of Kirov" (1938; premiere Moscow, 28 November 1938) • Symphony No. 2 (1945; received Stalin Prize) • Georgian Dance Suite for symphony orchestra (1939) • Festive Overture for symphony orchestra (1940) • Symphonic poem, "The Path of Victory" for chorus and orchestra (1950) Vocal with orchestra: • Cantata: "Our Leader" (for the 60th birthday of Stalin, 1939) • Cantata: "Together for Ever" (1959) • Cantata: "Lenin is Among Us" (1960) • Song on the Youth of Stalin for solo-voice and orchestra (1940) • "Zdravitza" for mixed chorus and orchestra (1941) • March for mixed chorus and wind orchestra (1941) "Бухенвальдский набат" на стихи Александра Соболева 1968г One of his compositions, My dear land, my Kabardia is now used as the anthem of the city of Nalchik since 2014.
Identity
Identity
Vano Muradeli is recorded as composer. Formation and teaching. Muradeli studied at Tbilisi State Conservatoire and Moscow Conservatory. He trained under Vladimir Shcherbachov, Sargis Barkhudaryan, Michail Bagrinovskiy and Borys Shekhter.
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1908
Vano Muradeli born at Gori.
1945
Second Symphony is dated 1945.
1947
The Great Friendship is dated 1947.
1970
Vano Muradeli died at Tomsk.
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Vano Muradeli received Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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scholarly publication
- Muradeli, Vano Il’ich (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2194365: Vano Muradeli
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- “Vano Muradeli”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Polyansky, Georgi. A Group of Soviet Composers. USSR Information Bulletin. Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. 6. 60. 7. September 11, 1946.
- 2.The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 2, Grolier, 1992, p. 336
- 3.Laurel E. Fay, Shostakovich and His World (Princeton University Press, 2004), 44.
- 4.Утвержден гимн Нальчика. January 2014.
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