Albert Semionovich Leman ( in Volsk

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 (Russia

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), — 3 December 1998, Moscow

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 (Russia)) was a Russian and Soviet

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 composer of classical music.

Albert Leman received his music education in the Leningrad Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

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 under Michail Fabianowitsch Gnessin and Vladimir Vladimirovich Nil'sen. In 1941-42 he was the chief of musical department at the Leningrad Regiment for Art of Leningrad Executive Committee. From 1942 he was living in Kazan

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, where he became in 1945 a professor at the Kazan Conservatory (1945—1970). From 1964 he was a member of the Communist Party of the UdSSR.

He also worked in the Petrozavodsk

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 conservatory (1969—1971),and in Moscow (1971-1998) where he performed till 1997 the duties of the Head of the Department for Composition at the Moscow Conservatory

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. Among his students were composers Sofia Gubaidulina

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, Gamma Skupinsky, Leonid Lubovsky, Tselestin Dvoyrin, Mikhail Kollontay

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.

In his music up to 1975 one observes a strong influence of the Tatar folk music ("Violin concerto" - "The Art of Yulian Sitkovetsky" CD vol. III, "The Suite on Tatar themes for orchestra"). Among his later works there is a Symphony, two Oratorios, piano music, cello concerto, music for theatre and chamber music.

Literature:
Leman, Al'bert Semyonovich, in: G. Bernandt, A. Dolzhansky. Sovetskie kompozitori. Kratky biografichesky spravochnik. Moscow, 1957, p. 332-333

Leman, Al'bert Semyonovich, in: Muzikal'naya entsiklopediya, ed. by Yu. V. Keldish, Vol. 3, p. 223-224