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Life
Was born as son of a physicist. Studied mathematics, physics and music. Shostakovitch advised him to study composition at the Moscow conservatory in 1951 with Shebalin. Much later he there became teacher in instrumentation. He was very interested in painting (in 1970 he composed the orchestra piece Peinture). He also made Musique Concrète based on the sound of Siberian birds. Other works are his opera L’Ecume des Jours (1981) and the ballet Confession. He was influenced by Boulez, Stockhausen and Ligeti.
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30 October 1980: Premiere of Requiem, in Moscow, Russia.
11 September 1983: Premiere of Epitaffi, in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
17 October 1983: Premiere of Suite “Colin et Chloé”, in Moscow, Russia.
15 March 1986: Premiere of L'Écume des Jours, in Paris, France.
9 July 1989: Premiere of the clarinet concerto, in Lübeck, Germany.
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