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Rodion Shchedrin
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Soviet and Russian composer and pianist
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Rodion Shchedrin (1932–2025) was a Soviet, Lithuanian, Russian, and German composer, pianist, music educator, and librettist. Born in Moscow, he studied at the Central Music School and the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Shaporin and Yakov Flier. He worked as a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory and composed in the genres of opera, symphony, and ballet. His native name was Родион Константинович Щедрин, and he spoke Russian.
Shchedrin was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers, the Association of Filmmakers of the USSR, the Academy of Arts of the GDR, and the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He received the USSR State Prize, the People's Artist of the USSR, the Lenin Prize, and the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He was married to Maya Plisetskaya. He died in Munich.
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Film & TV
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родион Константинович Щедрин, IPA: [rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 16 December 1932 – 29 August 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher. He wrote in a wide range of genres, including operas such as Lolita and The Left-Hander, and ballets such as the Carmen Suite, created for his wife, the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya…
Known for
- Mariinsky Theatre — Self2008
- Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...2008
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Russia
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
- Symphony no. 2 / Stikhira1989
- Polyphonic Notebook1990
- 24 Preludes & Fugues / 25 Preludes ("Polyphonic Notebook")1994
- Anna Karenina1994
- Carmen Suite1994
- Carmen Suite / Concerto for Orchestra "Naughty Limericks"1994
- Unlikely Silhouettes1994
- Piano Concertos Nos. 1-31996
- Symphony No. 2 / Old Russian Circus Music1997
- Cello Concerto / Seagull Suite2000
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 451
- Total plays
- 5,671
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Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родион Константинович Щедрин; born December 16, 1932) is a Russian composer and pianist. Winner of the Lenin (1984), USSR State Prize (1972) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992). A member of the Interregional Deputy Group (1989–1991). Shchedrin was born in Moscow into a musical family—his father was a composer and teacher of music theory. He studied at the Moscow <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD+%D
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-12-16 ) 16 December 1932, Moscow, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 29 August 2025 (2025-08-29) (aged 92), Munich , Bavaria, Germany
- Occupations
- Composer, pianist and music pedagogue
- Works
- List of compositions
- Spouse
- Maya Plisetskaya ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; died 2015 )
- Awards
- USSR State Prize Lenin Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rodion
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Munich
- Spouse
- Maya Plisetskaya
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Educated at
- Central Music School
- Employer
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Student of
- Yakov Flier
- Field of work
- music education
- Genre
- ballet
- Instrument
- piano
- Official website
- www.shchedrin.de
- Image
- Rodion Shchedrin (2009-04-21).jpg
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- Commons category
- Rodion Shchedrin
- date of birth
- 1932-12-16
- member of
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- name in native language
- Родион Константинович Щедрин
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Rodion Shchedrin
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- WikiProject Russia
- date of death
- 2025-08-29
- birth name
- Родион Константинович Щедрин
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- heart failure
- place of burial
- Novodevichy Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родион Константинович Щедрин, IPA: [rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 16 December 1932 – 29 August 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher. He wrote in a wide range of genres, including operas such as Lolita and The Left-Hander, and ballets such as the Carmen Suite, created for his wife, the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya of the Bolshoi Theatre. His orchestral works includes five concertos for orchestra and six piano concertos, in which he often appeared as soloist. He also composed vocal works such as The Sealed Angel, as well as chamber music and film scores, including Anna Karenina. His works have been widely performed and commissioned internationally, particularly in the United States and Western Europe. Shchedrin is regarded as one of the leading composers of the late Soviet period and an important figure in Russian contemporary music in the decades that followed.
Life and career
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