Boris Evgenyevich Kochno
Boris Kochno ( Russian Борис Евгеньевич Кохно ; born January 3 . Jul / 16th January 1904 greg. In Moscow , † 8. December 1990 in Paris ) was a Russian poet, dancer and librettist .
Life
As early as 1919, as a 15-year-old student, he was the lover of the composer Karol Szymanowski , who was 21 years his senior in Jelisawetgrad , where he received the Russian translation of the chapter The Symposium from Szymanowski's unpublished novel Efebos , which dealt with pederasty , as a gift . Szymanowski also dedicated four love poems to the boy.
In 1920, at the age of 16, Kochno became the secretary, librettist and perhaps most important collaborator of Sergei Djagilew, who was almost 32 years his senior . The two were a couple until Dyagilev's death in 1929. Kochno wrote the libretto for the opera Mavra by Igor Stravinsky in 1921 , for Fâcheux in 1924 , for La Chatte in 1927 and for Fils prodigue in 1929. In 1925 Kochno had an affair with Cole Porter , with whom he had an extensive correspondence.
After Djagilev's death, Kochno and Sergej Lifar tried to hold the Ballets Russes together, but they did not succeed. The two inherited parts of the archives and collections of Dyagilev, which Kochno completed and part of which was purchased by the National Library of France .
Kochno's later career included directing the Ballets Russes de Monte-Carlo , from where he became an influential figure in French ballet at the time of World War II. In 1933 he co-founded the short-lived ballet group Les Ballets 1933 with George Balanchine , which debuted that summer at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées . After the end of the Second World War he worked with the ballet master Roland Petit , with whom he founded the Ballets des Champs-Élysées and directed it together until 1951. The play Die Gaukler , performed on May 2, 1945 for the ballet group's debut, under the artistic direction of Kochno, was a great success.
There are a number of works he has published, such as Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes , which describes the era of Dyagilev, and Christian Bérard , a reminiscence and collection of the art of his former friend and collaborator.
literature
- Obituary in the New York Times
Web links
- Literature by and about Boris Evgenjewitsch Kochno in the catalog of the German National Library
- Patricia Boccadoro: Homage: Boris Kochno 1904–1990 (Engl.)
- Boris Kochno in the Internet Broadway Database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The danced poker game . In: Der Spiegel . No. 42 , 1947, pp. 17 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kochno, Boris Evgenyevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Кохно, Борис Евгеньевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian poet, dancer and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1990 |
| Place of death | Paris |