About Viktor Lebedev
Lived 1935 – 2021 (aged 86). Viktor Lebedev was a Russian composer.
Victor Mikhailovich Lebedev (5 January 1935 – 11 March 2021) was a Russian composer (Heavenly Swallows, Be My Husband, Gardes-Marines, Ahead!). He was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005.
In 1968, he composed an opera of Aleksandr Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, a Russian retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on a libretto by William Roshchin and Vladimir Uflyand.
Author of music for 106 Russian films. Member of the Guild of Composers of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.
He was married three times. Second marriage with ballerina and actress Natalya Sedykh.
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Who was Viktor Lebedev?
Soviet and Russian composer (1935-2021)
When was Viktor Lebedev born?
Viktor Lebedev was born on 5 January 1935 in Saint Petersburg.
When did Viktor Lebedev die?
Viktor Lebedev died on 11 March 2021 in Saint Petersburg.
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Viktor Lebedev was a composer.
What nationality was Viktor Lebedev?
Viktor Lebedev was Russian.
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