Vyacheslav Nagovitsin
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Vyacheslav Lavrent'yevich Nagovitsin is a Russian composer born in Magnitogorsk
(21 December 1939). He was a student of Dmitri Shostakovich
at the Leningrad Conservatory that he graduated in 1966 (postgraduate school, he graduated from the undregraduate school of the Conservatory in 1963). In 1963-1964 he worked in Ulan-Ude
Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1966-1970 he was a lecturer at the Mussorgsky Musical School in Leningrad
. In 1968-1970 he also worked as the Music Director of the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Since 1970 he became a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He orchestrated two unfinished operas of Modest Mussorgsky
: Zhenitba and Salammbô
. His orchestration of Salammbô was used by Valery Gergiev
at the Mérida festival in 1991.
Magnitogorsk
Magnitogorsk is a mining and industrial city in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located on the eastern side of the extreme southern extent of the Ural Mountains by the Ural River. Population: 418,545 ;...
(21 December 1939). He was a student of Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
at the Leningrad Conservatory that he graduated in 1966 (postgraduate school, he graduated from the undregraduate school of the Conservatory in 1963). In 1963-1964 he worked in Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude
Ulan-Ude is the capital city of the Republic of Buryatia, Russia, located about southeast of Lake Baikal on the Uda River at its confluence with the Selenga...
Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1966-1970 he was a lecturer at the Mussorgsky Musical School in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. In 1968-1970 he also worked as the Music Director of the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Since 1970 he became a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He orchestrated two unfinished operas of Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Mussorgsky
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
: Zhenitba and Salammbô
Salammbô (Mussorgsky)
Salammbô [alternative title: The Libyan ] is an unfinished opera in 4 acts by Modest Mussorgsky. The fragmentary Russian language libretto was written by the composer, and is based on the novel Salammbô by Gustave Flaubert , but includes verses taken from poems by Vasily Zhukovsky, Apollon Maykov,...
. His orchestration of Salammbô was used by Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.- Early life :Gergiev,...
at the Mérida festival in 1991.
Selected works
- Violin concerto, opus 21 (1970)
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Sonata for Flute and Piano
Sources
- Moshevich, Sofia, Dmitri Shostakovich - Pianist (McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2004) - ISBN 0773525815
- Cummings, David, International Who s who in Music and Musicians Directory page 483 (Routledge, 2000) ISBN 0948875534