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Igor Belza

1904 – 1994

Soviet composer

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About Igor Belza

Lived 1904 – 1994 (aged 89). Igor Belza was a Russian composer, musicologist, music educator, music historian, literary historian and literary critic.

Igor Fyodorovich Belza or Boelza (Игорь Фёдорович Бэлза; 8 February 1904 – 5 January 1994) was a Soviet music historian and composer who wrote 4 symphonies, 5 piano sonatas, 2 cello sonatas, a string quartet, and several film scores for Alexander Dovzhenko. He was the father of Svyatoslav Belza, a showman and a TV personality.

Boelza was born in Kielce into a noble Polish family which moved to Kyiv after the outbreak of the First World War. He studied at the Kyiv Conservatory with Borys Lyatoshynsky. Belza delivered lectures in the Kyiv State University until the German invasion of Ukraine forced him to move to Moscow and join the staff of the Moscow Conservatory.

Boelza authored a slate of books about Mozart (1941), Alexander Borodin (1944), Antonín Dvořák (1949), Reinhold Glière (1955), Maria Szymanowska (1956), Vítězslav Novák (1957), Frédéric Chopin (1960), Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1965), Alexander Scriabin (1982) and Karol Szymanowski (1984). He received a Doctorate, honoris causa, from the Charles University of Prague, in 1967.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Ukrainian National Academy of Music
Employers
Moscow Conservatory, State Institute for Art Studies
Awards
Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic; Polish Cultural Merit Order; Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Also known as
Igor Fyodorovich Boelza, Igor Fyodorovich Belza

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Igor Belza?

Soviet composer (1904-1994)

When was Igor Belza born?

Igor Belza was born on 8 February 1904 in Kielce.

When did Igor Belza die?

Igor Belza died on 5 January 1994 in Moscow.

What was Igor Belza's occupation?

Igor Belza was a composer, musicologist, music educator, music historian, literary historian and literary critic.

What nationality was Igor Belza?

Igor Belza was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Igor Belza

· Wikidata: Q4101402

· DBpedia: Igor Boelza

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