Biography
Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Слони́мский; 12 August 1932 – 9 February 2020) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist and musicologist. He was the son of the Soviet writer Mikhail Slonimsky and nephew of the Russian-American composer Nicolas Slonimsky. He studied at the Musical College in Moscow from 1943 until 1950. From 1950 Slonimsky was at the Leningrad Conservatory. He studied composition under Boris Arapov, Vissarion Shebalin and Orest Yevlakhov, polyphony under Nicolai Uspensky and piano under Anna Artobolevskaya, Samari Savshinsky and Vladimir Nielsen. Slonimsky was a professor at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. While the majority of his students were Russian, Slonimsky taught a large percentage of the international composition students at the Conservatory from countries including: Colombia, Korea, China, Italy, Germany, Israel, Iran and the United States.
Among Slonimsky's notable students is Daniel Kidane.Slonimsky died in Saint Petersburg on 9 February 2020 after a long illness.
Filmography
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Movies 8
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Intonation. Sergey Slonimsky (2010)
Ivan and Colombina (1977)
Of Those I Remember And Cherish (1974)
Моя жизнь (1972)
Intervention (1968)
The Mysterious Wall (1967)
The Republic of ShKID (1966)
Facing the Judgement of History (1965)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1932-08-12
Deathday2020-02-09 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
AwardsState Prize of the Russian Federation, Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, Order of Honour, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Tsarskoselskaya Art Award, State Prize of the Russian Federation in literature and the arts, Medal for Merit to Culture, Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, People's Artist of the RSFSR
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