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Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov
Вячеслав Овчинников
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29 May 1936 - 4 February 2019
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Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov is a Russian Soviet composer who is best known for his music for cinema. He was born in Voronezh on May 29, 1936. He became interested in composing music from the age of nine, and at fifteen the talented young man became a student of the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with the composer Tikhon Khrennikov. As a student, he wrote three symphonies, several overtures and symphonic poems, a rhapsody for a symphony orchestra, and numerous orchestral and choral works. The first
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Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov is a Russian Soviet composer who is best known for his music for cinema.
He was born in Voronezh on May 29, 1936. He became interested in composing music from the age of nine, and at fifteen the talented young man became a student of the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with the composer Tikhon Khrennikov. As a student, he wrote three symphonies, several overtures and symphonic poems, a rhapsody for a symphony orchestra, and numerous orchestral and choral works. The first great fame came to the composer after the broadcast of his first symphony, organized on the all-Union radio.
Over time, Ovchinnikov grew significantly as a composer and his musical interests expanded. So, he enthusiastically took up writing music for the epic.
War and peace" Sergey Bondarchuk, for whom he composed about eleven hours of music in a variety of genres. In addition, Vyacheslav Alexandrovich was noted for writing music for films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Alexander Dovzhenko, Andrei Konchalovsky.
The composer took part in the jury work of several international competitions, as well as in music festivals in Russia and abroad.
He performs a lot as a conductor, promoting not only his music, but also works of world classics. Ovchinnikov concerts are held in the best halls of the country, leading musical groups and performers take part in them.