Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (; 16 December 1932 – 29 August 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher. He wrote in a wide range of genres, including operas such as Lolita and The Left-Hander, and ballets such as the Carmen Suite, created for his wife, the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya of the Bolshoi Theatre. His orchestral works includes five concertos for orchestra and six piano concertos, in which he often appeared as soloist. He also composed vocal works such as The Sealed Angel, as well as chamber music and film scores, including Anna Karenina. His works have been widely performed and commissioned internationally, particularly in the United States and Western Europe. Shchedrin is regarded as one of the leading composers of the late Soviet period and an important figure in Russian contemporary music in the decades that followed. His Double Concerto "Romantic Offering" for piano, cello and orchestra was premiered on 9 February 2011 by Martha Argerich and Mischa Maisky with the Luzerner Sinfonieorchester conducted by Neeme Järvi. The Left-Hander (2013) A Christmas Tale (2015)

Concertos for Orchestra Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks" (1963) Piano Concerto No. 6 "Concerto Lontano" for piano and string orchestra (2003) Trumpet Concerto (1994)

Other orchestral works Self-Portrait, variations (1984). Anna Karenina (1967) Anna Karenina (1975)

Writings

Discography

Awards and honors

USSR State Prize (1972) Lenin Prize (1984) Crystal Award of the World Economic Forum (Davos, 1995) Nomination Concerto cantabile (2001) 1st class (2022) 2nd class (3 December 2007) – for outstanding contributions to the development of national music and many years of creative activity

Honorary member of the GDR Academy of Fine Arts (1983) Honorary Professor of Saint Petersburg Conservatory (2005)