Nikolai Sidelnikov
Soviet-Russian composer, music teacher (1930—1992)
About Nikolai Sidelnikov
Lived 1930 – 1992 (aged 62). Nikolai Sidelnikov was a Russian composer, university teacher, film score composer and music educator.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (; June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer.
Sidelnikov studied with E. O. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981. Among his pupils were Audronė Žigaitytė, Vyacheslav Artemov, Eduard Artemyev, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Vladimir Martynov, Anton Rovner, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Glebovich Sokolov and Vladimir Bitkin.
His works include operas: Alen'kiy Tsvetochek (The Scarlet Flower, after S. Aksakov, 1974) Chertogon (opera dilogy after Nikolai Leskov: Zagul, Pokhmelye, 1978–1981) Beg (The Run after Mikhail Bulgakov, 1987) a ballet: Stepan Razin and also: 6 symphonies, an oratorio, cantatas, choral, chamber and vocal music. Russkie skazki (Русские сказки — The Russian Fairy Tales, 1968) - a concert for 12 players is one of his most notable compositions.
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Soviet-Russian composer, music teacher (1930—1992)
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Nikolai Sidelnikov was born on 5 June 1930 in Tver.
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Nikolai Sidelnikov died on 20 June 1992 in Moscow.
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Nikolai Sidelnikov was a composer, university teacher, film score composer and music educator.
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Nikolai Sidelnikov was Russian.
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