Svyatoslav Belza

Soviet/Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist, and prominent TV personality (1942-2014)

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Lived 1942–2014, aged 72

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8 languages
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Era
1942–2014
Aged 72
Awards
12
recognised works

Summary

Updated 2026-06-21

Svyatoslav Igorevich Belza was a Soviet Russian literary and musical scholar, critic and essayist, and a prominent TV personality who's launched and hosted several TV programs aimed at popularizing classical music, theatre, and ballet, including Music on Air and Masterpieces of the World Music Theatre. Belza has received high-profiled honors in three countries, among them the Russian Order of Merit for the Fatherland, the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, and the Ukrainian Order of Saint Nicholas.