Yuri Levitin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yuri Abramovitch Levitin (Yuriy, Youri; Levitine) (Russian language: Левитин, Юрий Абрамович) (28 December [O.S. 15 December] 1912 – 26 July^{[citation needed]} 1993 in Moscow)^[1] was a Soviet Ukrainian^[2] composer of classical music.

Early life

Levitin was born in Poltava. In 1935 he finished his studies at Leningrad Conservatory. In 1937, Graduate study in piano. He finished conservatory with composition classes under Dmitri Shostakovich.

He worked as pianist in the Leningrad State stage and the Leningrad Philharmonic Society (1931-1941). After this he managed the musical portion of the theater in Tashkent (1941-1942). From 1942 he lived and worked in Moscow.

Compositions

His output includes four operas; seven cantatas; two symphonies; concertos for orchestra, and for solo instruments and orchestra including trumpet, clarinet, cello, oboe and horn; chamber- instrument ensembles, including about a dozen string quartets; many songs; and music for films.

External links

Rijen, Onno van. "Levitin". Retrieved 2008-12-03.

References

↑ Shostakovich, Dmitri; Glikman, Issak; Phillips, Anthony (ed.) (2001). Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941-1975 at Google Books, page 331. ISBN 0-8014-3979-5.
↑ "Discography of Recordings" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-03.

Authority control	VIAF: 120044803 ISNI: 0000 0001 2033 222X BNF: cb14047350m

Persondata
Name	Levitin, Yuri
Alternative names
Short description	Ukrainian composer
Date of birth	1912
Place of birth
Date of death	26 July 1993
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.