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- Birth nameRodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin
- Rodion Shchedrin was born on December 16, 1932 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a composer and writer, known for Vysota (1957), Prosti, narod pravoslavnyy (1993) and Kommunist (1958). He was married to Maya Plisetskaya. He died on August 29, 2025 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- SpouseMaya Plisetskaya(October 2, 1958 - May 2, 2015) (her death)
- ParentsKonstantin Mikhailovitch ChtchedrineConcordia Ivanovna Ivanova
- He studied at the Moscow Choral School and Moscow Conservatory, composition with Yuri Shaporin and piano with Yakov Flier, graduating in 1955.
- He wrote music of many genres, including operas such as Lolita, ballets including The Little Humpbacked Horse and Carmen Suite, orchestral works, chamber music and vocal music.
- Rodion Shchedrin was a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist.
- Shchedrin's early music is tonal and colourfully orchestrated and often includes snatches of folk music, while some later pieces use aleatoric and serial techniques.
- His works were performed internationally.
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