Biography
Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (Russian: Андре́й Я́ковлевич Эшпа́й; 15 May 1925 – 8 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1981. Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari ASSR, Russian SFSR to a Mari father and Russian mother. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev. He performed his postgraduate study under Aram Khachaturian from 1953 to 1956.
Eshpai was the son of the composer Yakov Eshpai, and the father of the filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai.
On 8 November 2015, Eshpai died in Moscow from a stroke at the age of 90.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 18
I'm Free, I Belong to Nobody (1994)
Иван Великий (1987)
Pugachev (1979)
Rudin (1977)
The Ivanov Family (1975)
No Return (1974)
Ten (1971)
Director (1969)
They Conquer the Skies (1963)
Come Tomorrow... (1962)
Водил поезда машинист (1961)
Night Guard (1957)
A Tale of First Love (1957)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1925-05-15
Deathday2015-11-08 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceKozmodemyansk, Russia
ChildrenAndrei Eshpai
FatherYakov Eshpay
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsАндрей Яковлевич Эшпай, Andrei Eshpai
AwardsOrder of the Patriotic War 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Zhukov Medal, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945, Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War", Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Government Prize of the Russian Federation, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Friendship, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", USSR State Prize, Order of the Red Star, Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw", Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of Lenin, Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Lenin Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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