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Alexander Kholminov

1925 – 2015

Russian composer

Composer Film score composer
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About Alexander Kholminov

Lived 1925 – 2015 (aged 90). Alexander Kholminov was a Russian composer and film score composer.

Alexander Nikolaevich Kolminov (Александр Николаевич Хо́лминов; 8 September 1925 — 26 November 2015), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer.

He was educated at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a student of Evgeny Golubev. He graduated in 1950.

He is best known for the Soviet opera An Optimistic Tragedy based on the play of the same name by Vsevolod Vishnevsky. The role of the commissar was created by Anna Arkhipova.

Operas An Optimistic Tragedy (Optimisticheskaya tragediya) 1965, after the play by Vishnevsky Anna Snegina (1967), after the poem by Sergey Esenin

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Important facts

Born
8 September 1925, Moscow
Birth century
20th century
Died
26 November 2015, Moscow
Occupation
Composer, film score composer
Nationality
Soviet Union, Russia
Education
Moscow Conservatory
Awards
USSR State Prize; People's Artist of the USSR; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of the Badge of Honour; People's Artist of the RSFSR; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR; Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
Also known as
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Kholminov, Alexander Nikolaevich Kolminov, Aleksandr N. Cholminov

People in Alexander Kholminov's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Portrait of Evgeny Golubev
Evgeny Golubev
1910 – 1988
Composer
 Portrait of Vsevolod Vishnevsky
Vsevolod Vishnevsky
1900 – 1951
Writer
 Portrait of Anna Arkhipova
Anna Arkhipova
b. 1973
Basketball player

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Alexander Kholminov's

Portrait of George de Hevesy
George de Hevesy
1885 – 1966
Chemist
 Portrait of John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood
1885 – 1977
Mathematician
 Portrait of Leonida Tonelli
Leonida Tonelli
1885 – 1946
Mathematician
 Portrait of Max Volmer
Max Volmer
1885 – 1965
Chemist
 Portrait of Warder Clyde Allee
Warder Clyde Allee
1885 – 1955
Ecologist
 Portrait of Archibald Hill
Archibald Hill
1886 – 1977
Politician

Frequently asked questions

Who was Alexander Kholminov?

Russian composer (1925–2015)

When was Alexander Kholminov born?

Alexander Kholminov was born on 8 September 1925 in Moscow.

When did Alexander Kholminov die?

Alexander Kholminov died on 26 November 2015 in Moscow.

What was Alexander Kholminov's occupation?

Alexander Kholminov was a composer and film score composer.

What nationality was Alexander Kholminov?

Alexander Kholminov was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Alexander Kholminov

· Wikidata: Q4499175

· DBpedia: Alexander Kholminov

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