Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ({{lang-ru|?????? ?????????????? ??????}}; born December 16, 1932) is a Russian composer. He has been the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers since 1973.

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December 16 - 1932 - Russia - Composer - 1973

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He was born in Moscow and studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Shaporin and Nikolai Myaskovsky. Since 1958, he has been married to the great ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, 7 years his senior.

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Moscow - Moscow Conservatory - Yuri Shaporin - Nikolai Myaskovsky - 1958 - Maya Plisetskaya

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Schedrin's early music is tonal, colourfully orchestrated and often includes snatches of folk music, while some later pieces use aleatoric and serial techniques.

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Tonal - Orchestrated - Folk music - Aleatoric - Serial

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Among his works are the ballets The Little Hump-backed Horse (1955), Carmen (Carmen-Suite (1967, based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet), Anna Karenina (1971, on the novel by Leo Tolstoy), and Lady with a Lapdog (1985); the operas Not Only Love (1961), and Dead Souls (1976, after Nikolai Gogol's novel); piano concertos, symphonies, chamber and piano music and other works.

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Carmen - Georges Bizet - Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy - Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol - Piano concerto - Symphonies - Chamber - Piano

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He made 24 Preludes and Fugues after he heard the one from Shostakovich (20 Years later). Also remarkable is his Polyphonic Notebook.

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24 Preludes and Fugues - Shostakovich

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