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Alexander Knaifel
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Soviet and Russian composer (1943—2024)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- A Little White One and a Little Black One. For piano
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The composer Alexander Knaifel (Russian: Александр Кнайфель) was originally a cellist but had to give up the instrument due to a nerve inflammation. Thus Knaifel, born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) in 1943, turned to composition. His teacher was Boris Arapov, with whom he studied in Leningrad from 1964 until 1967. Since then Knaifel has been living in St. Petersburg as a freelance composer and music editor. Knaifel evades "valid" rules of the official musical aesthetic already in his first works. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Khrennikov's Seven
- Given name
- Alexandre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Tashkent
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Award
- Order of Friendship
- Genre
- film score
- Image
- Alexander Knaifel Sortavala1982©Meladina.jpg
- Work location
- Soviet Union
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- date of birth
- 1943-11-28
- date of death
- 2024-06-27
- place of burial
- Cemetery in Komarovo
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