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Alfred Schnittke

Soviet-born Russian composer (1934-1998) · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Died at 63

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a Soviet and Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth...

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1998Died3 August 19981995Austrian Decoration for Science and ArtAwardState Prize of the Russian FederationAward1992Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgAwardPraemium ImperialeAward1986N.K. Krupskaya's state awardAward1934Born24 November 1934

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Awards

State Prize of the Russian Federation1995
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art1995
Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg1992
Praemium Imperiale1992
N.K. Krupskaya's state award1986
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

Country
Russia
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1934 to 1998 · aged 63

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