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- Birth nameEduard Nikolaevich Artemev
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- Eduard Artemev
- Eduard Artemyev is a Soviet and Russian composer. He is widely known as the author of music for films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrei Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov.
Artemyev was born in Novosibirsk. He received his primary musical education at the Moscow Choir School. Later in 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Artemyev became widely known for his work in the cinema. He has composed music for over 150 feature films, documentaries and animated films.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa
- SpouseIsolda Alekseevna Artemyeva(? - 2019) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenAnna Artemyeva
- ParentsNikolay ArtemyevNina Artemyeva
- In 2017 he was awarded the Shostakovich Prize for his Contribution to the Development of World Musical Culture.
- In 1988 he was made an Honorary Citizen of Baltimore, MD (USA).
- Artemiev's music for films was recorded on the album "Territory of Love" (1998).
- His melody, the main music theme from At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974), arranged by Igor Matvienko was played at the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics. At the closing ceremony, his music from Stalker (1979) was also used.
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