Leonid Viktorovich Afanassjew
Leonid Wiktorowitsch Afanassjew ( Russian Леони́д Ви́кторович Афана́сьев ; born August 20, 1921 in Tomsk , Siberia ; † October 5, 1995 in Moscow ) was a Soviet composer .
Life
Leonid Viktorovich Afanassiev's mother was a piano teacher. After graduating from school in 1939, he trained as a pilot in Orenburg at the Air Force Academy there in 1940 and then served from 1943 to 1945 in World War II , where he became the commander of his own squadron and flew 116 combat missions. Seriously injured, he was released from military service and studied music from 1946 to 1951 at the Kazakh National Conservatory with Yevgeny Brusilovsky (1905–1981). He completed his master class from 1951 to 1952 at the Moscow Conservatory with Aram Chatschaturjan .
During his musician career, he was active as a songwriter and began composing film scores from 1956, including His First Concert , It Happened in the Enlightenment and You Will See Heaven, too . For his work he was awarded the RSFSR People's Artist in 1986 and the Stalin Prize in 1952 for his first violin concerto .
Works (selection)
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: His first concert ( Призвание )
- 1958: You are not alone ( Стучись в любую дверь )
- 1962: When the trees were tall ( Когда деревья были большими )
- 1965: Ice hockey player ( Хоккеисты )
- 1965: Taiga group ( Таёжный десант )
- 1968: It happened in the Enlightenment ( Это было в разведке )
- 1969: Test flight ( Неподсуден )
- 1973: The great have- nots ( Великие голодранцы )
- 1975: The secret of the mountain cave ( Тайна горного подземелья )
- 1977: Red Black Earth ( Красный чернозём )
- 1978: You too will see the sky ( И ты увидишь небо )
- 1978: Blue lightning bolts ( Голубые молнии )
- 1979: father and son ( Отец и сын )
- 1996: Yermak - A Cossack Ataman conquers Siberia ( Ермак )
Stage works
- Калифорнийский сувенир [California souvenir], operetta
Instrumental music
- Друзьям-однополчанам [friends-comrades]. symphony
- Молодежная [youth]. Symphonic poem
- Черноморцы [The Black Sea]. Symphonic poem
- Sortavala . Symphonic poem
- Concerto for violin, piano and orchestra
- Two string quartets
- Brass quartet
- Works for violoncello and piano
Songs
He wrote more than 200 songs.
Web links
- Leonid Viktorovich Afansassiev in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Леонид Афанасьев at ККРЕ Красная книга российской эстрады [Red Book of the Russian Stage]. Short biography and sound samples of his songs (Russian)
- Леонид Афанасьев. Памяти друга [In memory of a friend]. Afanassiev's letters to Irina Romanova on proza.ru (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Леонид Афанасьев. Красная книга российской эстрады, accessed October 23, 2017 (Russian).
- ↑ Композитор Леонид Афанасьев Очерк о жизни и творчестве книга pdf. Retrieved October 23, 2017 (Russian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Afanassjew, Leonid Viktorovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Афанасьев, Леонид Викторович |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tomsk , Siberia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th October 1995 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |