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Kalinin

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 - 1992) was a Russian Soviet

Soviet Union

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 composer

Composer

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.

Sidelnikov studied with E. O. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

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. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory

Moscow Conservatory

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 where he was a professor from 1981. Among his pupils were Vyacheslav Artemov, Eduard Artemyev

Eduard Artemyev

Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev is a Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia he is mostly known for his film scores from films such as Solaris, Siberiade, Stalker or Burnt by the Sun.-Biography:...

, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky

Vladimir Tarnopolsky

Vladimir Grigoryevich Tarnopolsky is a Russian composer.-Biography:Tarnopolsky studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Sidelnikov and Edison Denisov and music theory with Yuri Kholopov. He graduated from the conservatory in 1978, and completed post-graduate studies in 1980...

, Vladimir Martynov

Vladimir Martynov

Vladimir Martynov is a Russian composer, born on February 20, 1946 in Moscow, known for his music in the Concerto, Orchestral Music, Chamber Music and Choral Music genres....

, Anton Rovner

Anton Rovner

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, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Glebovich Sokolov

Ivan Glebovich Sokolov

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 and Vladimir Bitkin.

His works include operas:

• Alen'kiy Tsvetochek (The Scarlet Flower
  The Scarlet Flower
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  , after S. Aksakov, 1974)
• Chertogon (opera dilogy after Nikolai Leskov
  Nikolai Leskov
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  : Zagul, Pokhmelye, 1978–1981)
• Beg (The Run after Mikhail Bulgakov
  Mikhail Bulgakov
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  , 1987)

a ballet:

• Stepan Razin

and also: 6 symphonies, an oratorio, cantatas, choral, chamber and vocal music.

• Russkie skazki (Русские сказки — The Russian Fairy Tales, 1968) - a concert for 12 players is one of his most notable compositions.

External links

• Memorial site