Alexander Fridlender
Alexander Grigoryevitch Fridlender (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Фридлендер; 2/15 July 1906 – 13 September 1980) was a Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, Professor at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire.[1]
Career
Fridlender was born in Saint Petersburg.[2][3] He studied at the Leningrad Central Music College (1925-1929) and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in 1933.[2] He then worked as the conductor of the Voronezh Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1934-1935, the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater (1936). After that he moved to Sverdlovsk. He spent the rest of his life there.[3] Fridlender conducted the orchestra of the Sverdlovsk State Philharmonic Hall (1939-1941, 1947-1974)[2][4] and the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (1943-1947). He taught at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire. He composed several operas, instrumental music such as suites, music for plays, songs.[5]
Selected compositions
- 1941: The Mountain Fairy Tale (Russian: Горная сказка, romanized: Gornaja skazka), a ballet based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain".[6]
- 1944: The Stone Flower, a ballet based on the story of the same name.
- 1958: Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница, romanized: Bespridannitsa), a ballet based on the play of the same name.
- 1962: Snow (Russian: Снег, romanized: Sneg), a ballet
- 1966: Zoya (Russian: Зоя), a choreographic poem
- 1967: Petersburgers (Russian: Питерцы, romanized: Pitertsy), a opera based on the poem by Olga Bergholz.
- 1970: The Cake in the Sky (Russian: Торт в небе, romanized: Tort v nebe), a comedy opera based on the story by Gianni Rodari La torta in cielo.
- 1977: Lieutenant Lermontov (Russian: Поручик Лермонтов, romanized: Poruchik Lermontov), a choreographic poem
References
- ^ "Памятная дата из истории края". Calendar of events (in Russian). Sverdlovsk Regional Research Library of V. G. Belinsky. 15 July 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ a b c Alekseev, Veniamin (1998). Uralskaja istoricheskaja enciklopedija Уральская историческая энциклопедия [Ural Historical Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Institute of history and archeology. The Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Department. Publishing House Yekaterinburg. p. 566.
- ^ a b "Александр Фридлендер - дирижёр и композитор" (in Russian). Proza.ru. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич (1906-1990)" (in Russian). the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Biographical dictionary" (in Russian). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ^ "Фридлендер Александр Григорьевич" [Fridlender Alexander Grigoryevitch] (in Russian). The Union of Composers of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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