Vinogradov Vasily Ivanovich (vʲɪnəˈɡrɐdəf vəˈsʲilʲɪ ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ) Vasili Vinogradov; ; 1874 – 1948) was an ethnically Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 Tatar opera

Music of Tatarstan

Tatarstan is an autonomous republic within Russia, where the largest ethnic group is the Tatars. Their traditional music is a mixture of Turkic and Finno-Ugric elements, reportedly bridging Mongolian and Hungarian music. Nonetheless, the most distinguishing feature of Tatar music is the pentatonic...

 composer, violinist and pedagogue. TASSR Honoured Worker of Culture (1944).

In collaboration with Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev

Gäziz Älmöxämmädev

Ğäziz Salix ulı Älmöxämmädev was an ethnic Bashkir Tatar opera singer and composer. He was born in the village of Muraptal of Sterlitamaksky Uyezd of Ufa Governorate . He was the People's Singer in 1929...

 and Soltan Ğäbäşi

Soltan Gäbäsi

Ğäbäşi Soltanäxmät Xäsänğata ulı Soltan Ğäbäşi was a Tatar composer, musicologist and choirmaster.He was born in the village of Keche Sulabash of Dubyazsky Volost of Kazan Uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire .In collaboration with Vasili Vinogradov and Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev he composed first...

 he composed first Tatar opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

s, Saniä (1925) and Eşçe (The Worker) (1930).

Vinogradov also composed many symphonic concertos, based on traditional Tatar and Bashkir

Bashkirs

The Bashkirs are a Turkic people indigenous to Bashkortostan extending on both parts of the Ural mountains, on the place where Europe meets Asia. Groups of Bashkirs also live in the republic of Tatarstan, Perm Krai, Chelyabinsk, Orenburg, Tyumen, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Samara and Saratov Oblasts of...

music, music for dramatic plays, arrangement of folk music.