Leonid Desyatnikov
Leonid Arkadievich Desyatnikov (Russian: Леонид Аркадьевич Десятников, born 16 October 1955 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR). He is a graduate of the Leningrad Conservatory and a member of the Composers Union of St. Petersburg. Desyatnikov has written four operas, several cantatas and numerous vocal and instrumental compositions. His principal works include an opera The Children of Rosenthal (Vladimir Sorokin, libretto); ballets Lost Illusions and Opera, a chamber opera Poor Liza after Nikolay Karamzin; Gift, a cantata on poems by Gavriil Derzhavin; Dichterliebe und -leben, a vocal cycle on poems by Daniil Kharms and Nikolay Oleynikov; The Leaden Echo for voice(s) and instruments on the poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins; The Rite of Winter 1949, a symphony for choir, soloists and orchestra; Songs of Bukovina for piano.
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