Yuri Abramovitch Levitin (Yuriy, Youri; Levitine) (Russian language

Russian language

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: Левитин, Юрий Абрамович) ( – 26 July 1993 in Moscow

Moscow

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) was a Soviet Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 composer of classical music

Classical music

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Early life

Levitin was born in Poltava

Poltava

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. In 1935 he finished his studies at Leningrad Conservatory

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

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. In 1937, Graduate study in piano

Piano

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. He finished conservatory with composition classes under Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

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He worked as pianist in the Leningrad State stage and the Leningrad Philharmonic Society (1931-1941). After this he managed the musical portion of the theater in Tashkent

Tashkent

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(1941-1942). From 1942 he lived and worked in Moscow.

Compositions

His output includes four operas; seven cantatas; two symphonies; concertos for orchestra, and for solo instruments and orchestra including trumpet, clarinet, cello, oboe and horn; chamber- instrument ensembles, including about a dozen string quartets; many songs; and music for films.