Alfred Schnittke — Alfred Garyevich Schnittke ( ru. Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке, November 24, 1934 Engels August 3, 1998 Hamburg) was a Russian and Soviet composer. Schnittke s early music shows the strong influence of Dmitri Shostakovich. He developed a polystylistic … Wikipedia
Galina Ustvolskaya — Galina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya, also Ustwolskaja or Oustvolskaia ( ru. Галина Ивановна Уствольская, June 17, 1919, Petrograd – December 22, 2006 St Petersburg) was a Russian composer of classical music.Early yearsFrom 1937 to 1947 she studied at the … Wikipedia
Lera Auerbach — s of her generation. [Jerry Bowles: The Total Package , Sequenza 21, Wednesday, August 10, 2005 http://www.sequenza21.com/2005/08/lera auerbach total package.html] She was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. Auerbach… … Wikipedia
Ulrich Leyendecker — (born 1946 in Wuppertal) is a German composer of classical music. His output consists mainly of symphonies, concertos, chamber and instrumental music.LifeLeyendecker studied composition with Ingo Schmitt (1962 5) and Rudolf Petzold (1965 70), and … Wikipedia
Rolf Liebermann — (September 14, 1910 ndash; January 2, 1999), born in Zurich, was a Swiss composer of different kinds of music. His output included chansons, classical, and light music. His classical music often combines a myriad of styles and techniques,… … Wikipedia
Elena Firsova — Elena Olegovna Firsova (Елена Олеговна Фирсова, Yelena or Jelena Firssowa) (born 21 March 1950) is a Russian composer. She was born in Leningrad into the family of physicists Oleg Firsov and Viktoria Lichko. She studied music in Moscow with… … Wikipedia
Alexander Knayfel — Alexander Aronovich Knayfel ( ru. Александр Аронович Кнайфель, Knayfel , Knaifel; born November 28, 1943 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan) is a Russian composer known for his operas The Ghost of Canterville and Alice in Wonderland as well as for his music … Wikipedia
The Canterville Ghost (opera) — The Canterville Ghost (also The Ghost of Canterville , Russian: Кантервильское привидение – Kantervíl’skoye privedénie, however usually spelt as Кентервильское привидение – Kentervíl’skoye privedénie; French: Le fantôme de Canterville, German:… … Wikipedia
L'écume des jours (opera) — L écume des jours (English: The Foam of Days ) is an opera in three acts (14 scenes) by the Russian composer Edison Denisov. The French (also German and Russian) text is by the composer based on the novel of the same title by Boris Vian. It was… … Wikipedia
Vasily Lobanov — Vasily Pavlovich Lobanov also Vassily Lobanov (Василий Павлович Лобанов, born January 2, 1947) is a Russian composer and pianist. Lobanov studied at the Moscow Conservatory 1963 1971: piano with Lev Naumov and composition with Sergey Balasanyan.… … Wikipedia
