Viktor Lebedev
Victor Mikhailovich Lebedev (5 January 1935 – 11 March 2021) was a Russian composer (Heavenly Swallows, Be My Husband, Gardes-Marines, Ahead!). He was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005. In 1968, he composed an opera of Aleksandr Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, a Russian retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on a libretto by William Roshchin and Vladimir Uflyand.
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Viktor Lebedev
- Born
- Viktor Lebedev was born on 5 January 1935. · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- Viktor Lebedev died on 11 March 2021. · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- composer
- Fields
- opera
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Honours
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · Order of Honour · People's Artist of the Russian Federation · Order of Friendship
- Languages
- Russian
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Victor Mikhailovich Lebedev (5 January 1935 – 11 March 2021) was a Russian composer (Heavenly Swallows, Be My Husband, Gardes-Marines, Ahead!). He was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005. In 1968, he composed an opera of Aleksandr Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, a Russian retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on a libretto by William Roshchin and Vladimir Uflyand.
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Author of music for 106 Russian films. Member of the Guild of Composers of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation. He was married three times. Second marriage with ballerina and actress Natalya Sedykh.
Viktor Lebedev studied at Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Employment is recorded with Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts. Distinctions recorded are Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of Honour, People's Artist of the Russian Federation and Order of Friendship.
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