Aleksandrov biography of the composer
Alexander Aleksandrov composer - biography, news, personal life Age: From the birthday of death: 63 years old Alexander Vasilievich Aleksandrov is a real name - Koptelov or Koptelev. Born on April 1 on April 13 in the village of Plakhino Ryazan province - died on July 8 in Berlin. Soviet Russian composer, choral conductor, chormaster, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR Laureate of the two Stalinist prizes of the first degree, Major General Alexander Koptelov, who became widely known as Alexander Alexandrov, was born 1 13 but the new style of April of the year in the village of Plakhino Ryazan province now - the Zakharovsky district of the Ryazan region.
According to other sources, his real surname is not Koptelov, but Koptelev. Parents - Vasily Alexandrovich and Anastasia Nikitichna, were engaged in peasant labor, served in the church. In addition to him, there were five more brothers and sisters in the family. From an early age, Alexander had the perfect hearing and an excellent voice, he quickly grabbed and remembered the melodies and texts of songs.
Russian folk songs, ditties, as well as spiritual works often sang in the house. Alexander for his voice was constantly invited to sing in the local church choir, to weddings and folk festivities. In years he studied at a zemstvo school, sang in a school choir. Once, a fellow countryman P. Zalivukhin, a soloist of the St. Petersburg church choir, came to their village. Hearing the guy, he persuaded his parents to let him go to the capital for training.
In the year he moved to St. Petersburg, where he sang in the choir of Kazan Cathedral. In the year he graduated from singing the Kazan singing parish school of St. Petersburg. Since the year, there is a student of the regent classes of the court singing chapel now M. Glinka, at the end of which received the rank of regent in the year. After some time, the class of the composition of A.
Glazunov and A. Lyadov entered the St. Petersburg Conservatory, however, in the year, due to illness and difficult financial situation, he was forced to interrupt his studies and leave for Bologoye, where he worked as a regent of the cathedral choir, as well as a teacher for round art in the railway and technical schools. From the year - in Tver, he worked as a regent of the bishop’s choir, led choirs in a number of educational institutions.
He wrote at this time the symphony and the symphonic poem “Death and Life”. In the year he continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory, which he graduated from a large silver medal in the class of composition by S. Vasilenko, and in the year - in the class of singing at U. since the year - he lived in Tver again, where the peak lady’s opera made fragments from the opera Evgeny Onegins and the chorus, both P.
Tykikovsky. , “Faust” by S. Guno, “Life for the Tsar” by M. Glinka and “Mermaid” A. In these productions, he was a director, conductor, and chormaster, and sometimes a singer. In one of the home musical performances he sang a party of Lensky “Eugene Onegin”, in the “Peak” he performed the party of Chekalinsky. In Tver, he organized and headed a music school, which was subsequently transformed to a music school.
From for the year - the regent of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. In the years - a teacher of composition and choral singing of the musical college named after A. Scriabin now an academic musical school at the Moscow Conservatory, at the same time, an assistant to the head of the 2nd group of the first state choir, in the cinema - the state choir chapel now the State Academic Choir Chapel of Russia named after A.
Yurlova, Hormaster of the Chamber Theater, consultant of the State Opera Theater named after People's Artist of the Republic of K. Stanislavsky and Musical Theater named after People's Artist of the Republic V. Nemirovich-Danchenko now the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K. Stanislavsky and Vl. Nemirovich -Danchenko since the year - teacher Solfezhio, Polyphonia, conductor and choral skill, in - led the choral class at the instructor and pedagogical faculty, to the head of the Choir Department, with the dean of the conductor -chore faculty, s - the dean of the united conducted and musical and pedagogical faculties of Moscow Conservatory from the year - Professor.
Among his many students are K. Bird, V. Sokolov, D. Kabalevsky, K. Kondrashin and others. The idea of creating an ensemble arose at the organizer of cultural and artistic work F. was invited by the theater director P. This day is considered the birthday of the ensemble of the song and dance of the Russian Army named after A. In the year the ensemble was first heard by I.
Ensemble. Stalin really favored Alexander Vasilievich, often called him home, invited him for lunch or breakfast. Alexander Vasilievich received the first award - the Order of the Red Star. Since the year - the chief, the artistic director and chief conductor of the ensemble, with whom the entire Soviet Union and a number of foreign countries Czechoslovakia, Mongolia, Finland, Poland won the Grand Prix in the World Exhibition in Paris.Alexander Vasilievich Alexandrov, combining the tradition of Russian household, chamber, opera, church and soldier’s singing in his ensemble, brought domestic choral art to an international professional scene.
The male polyphonic choir with soloists, a mixed orchestra consisting of symphonic and folk instruments, and the ensemble ballet is recognized and remain one of the best in the world. On the model of the Alexander team in Russia and abroad, a number of military musical and choreographic ensembles have been created and are working. He wrote music to 81 original songs, workshops were made processing dozens of songs of peoples of different countries, over 70 processing of Russian folk and revolutionary songs.
At the same time, from the year - the artistic director of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Central House of Artists, C is the initiator of the creation and artistic director of the song and dance ensemble of the Moscow City Palace of Pioneers and October now the Song and Dance Ensemble named after V. On a hike! In the year, Aleksandrov is awarded the Stalin Prize of the first degree, the entire fee of which he gave to the country's defense fund.
In the year, on the basis of his “Bolshevik Party Anthem”, he created a magnificent melody, which has officially officially became the anthem of the USSR. The words were written by G. El Registan and S. Mikhalkov, partially edited by I. The same melody from the year is the anthem of Russia. In the year, after a trip to Finland, Alexander Vasilievich had a heart attack.
Doctors forbade him to even conduct. Marshal Kliment Voroshilov wrote to him: “Alexander Vasilievich, take care of yourself. There are many generals in the Red Army, and we have one Alexandrov. ” But Alexander Vasilievich was a large workaholic and already on the next tour in Poland and Czechoslovakia, he neglected the advice of the doctors and held concerts himself. Being next to Germany, Alexander Vasilievich decided to look at the defeated Reichstag, Berlin and went there by car.
As a result, the heart could not stand it. Alexander Vasilievich died of a heart break on July 8 by other sources - July 9 in Berlin, during the European round of the Red Banner ensemble.
The name of A. Alexandrov was awarded to the academic ensemble of the songs and dances of the Russian army. Aleksandrova for successes in creating military-patriotic music, and in the year the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation-the medal “Major General Alexander Alexandrov”. In a number of Russian conservations, scholarships named after A. were installed in the year of the musician in the village of Plakhino, a bust and museum were opened.
The memorial sign of A. Alexandrov was installed on the "Alley of the Stars" in Moscow. A memorial plaque was installed on the house in which A. Alexandrov lived. Taratynov, architect M. In the year in Ryazan, in the square on the Street of the Soviet Army, the monument to A. was opened in marriage: Boris, Vladimir and Alexander Son - Boris Aleksandrovich Alexandrov, composer, conductor, teacher, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the Lenin and Stalinist awards, Hero of Socialist Labor, Major General, Military Directorate, Artistic Director and Main Extrays and Main Efficiency and Main Efficiency and Main Efficiency and Main Extraordinant and Main Extrays The conductor of the Red Banner Ensemble, grandson - Oleg Borisovich, worked in the ensemble.
The grandson - Evgeny Vladimirovich died, the son - Alexander Alexandrovich Alexandrov, composer, conductor, head of the orchestra of the Red Banner ensemble died in the year. The grandson - Yuri Alexandrovich, worked in the ensemble. Alexander Alexandrov and his wife and sons was in a civil marriage with ballerina Lyudmila Lavrova. In the year, their son Yuri Alexandrovich Alexandrov was born.
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