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Leonid Arkadievich DESYATNIKOV a world famous composer, Honored Master of Arts of the Russian Federation (2005), a member of the Union of Cinematographers, was born on October 16, 1955 in Kharkov (Ukraine).
Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Десятников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving greater fame when his controversial opera The Children of Rosenthal was premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Desyatnikov in 2012.
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He is the author of four operas, the symphony The Rite of Winter 1949, vocal cycles to the poems of Rilke and the OBERIU poets, and several instrumental transcriptions on the themes of Ástor Piazzolla. The style of his music is defined by the composer himself as “an emancipation of consonance”, transformation of banality and ‘minimalism’ with a hum...
Poor Liza (Бедная Лиза) one-act chamber opera, libretto by Leonid Desyatnikov after Nikolai Karamzin (1976; 1980)Nobody Wants to Sing or Bravo-bravissimo, Pioneer Anisimov (Никто не хочет петь, или Браво-брависсимо, пионер Анисимовa comic opera for children in two acts, libretto by B. Chaban (1982)Vitamin of the Growth (Витамин роста) one-act classical opera for children, for the soloists and piano after the poem by Oleg Grigoriev (1985)Rosenthal's Children (Дети Розенталя) opera in two acts, libretto by Vladimir Sorokin. Commissioned by the Bolshoi Theatre, premiere March 23, 2005Variations on the Obtaining of a Dwellingfor violoncello and piano.Wie Der Alte Leiermannfor violin and pianoDu côté de chez Swan for two pianosSketches to Sunset, quintet for flute, clarinet, violin, double bass and pianoGift (Dar), after Gavrila DerzhavinLiebe und Leben des Dichters, a vocal cycle to the poems by Daniil Kharms and Nikolay OleynikovThe Leaden Echo, for voice(s) and instruments after Gerard Manley Hopkins,Russian Seasonsfor voice, solo violin and stringsThe Rite of Winter 1949, a symphony for chorus, soloists and orchestra.Scetches to Sunset for orchestraLost in Siberia("Затерянный в Сибири", 1991, Mitta)Katia Izmailova(Moscow nights) ("Подмосковные вечера",Todorovsky, 1994)Hammer and Sickle("Серп и молот", Livnev, 1994)Giselle's Mania("Мания Жизели", Uchitel, 1995)"A farce, a popular opera, a folk play or a parable - all of these descriptions are valid for the bright, joyful production of Tsar Demyan which premiered on the stage of the Maly Drama Theatre on June 20 and 23 as part of the "White Nights" Festival. The folklore play about the apostate Tsar and his martyred son has its roots in the persecution of...
Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (Russian: Леони́д Арка́дьевич Деся́тников, born: 16 October 1955, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving greater fame when his controversial opera The Children of Rosenthal was premiered at the Bolshoi ...
Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov is a Russian composer who first made a reputation with a number of film scores, then achieving greater fame when his controversial opera The Children of Rosenthal was premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Fragments from the film music for Moscow were performed at a soiree devoted to Leonid Desiatnikov at the Moscow Conservatory in December 1999.
Nov 23, 2009 · Leonid Desyatnikov is one of the most successful Russian composers of his generation and one of the most distinctive and individual on the contemporary Russian scene. He represents a rare instance of a contemporary composer in his mid-forties who has had all his works performed, some of them on many occasions.
