Salix Säydäş, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Salix Säydäş

Tatar composer

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1900

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1954

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Säydäsev Salix Camaletdin uli (pronounced [sæ?'dæ??f sæ'l?ix ??m?let?dinu'l?] aka Salix Säydäs, also spelled Salikh Saydash(ev) [sæ'l?ix sæ?'dæ?(?f)] (Tatar Cyrillic: ??????(??) ????? ?????????? ???; Russian: ?????´??? ????´? ?????????´?????, Saydashev Salikh Zamaletdinovich; 1900 – December 16, 1954) was a Tatar composer and conductor.
People's Artist of Tatar ASSR (1951), Honoured Worker of Culture (1939).
Salix Säydäs one of the founding fathers of Tatar professional music. Säydäsev gave a stimulus to development of different genres in Tatar music, such as opera, ballet, musical comedy, symphonic, choral, popular and pop music.
The main part of his creative work was music for musical dramatic plays, such as The Blue Shawl (1926) and On Qandir (1932) by Kärim Tinçurin, The Employer by Taci Gizzät (1928).
In 1922-1948 (off and on) Säydäsev was a chief of musical division and conductor in Kazan-based Tatar Academic Theatre.
At that time Säydäsev also arranged concerts. The Salix Säydäsev Museum opened in Kazan in 1990.
The State Grand Concert Hall of Tatarstan was named after Säydäsev by the Decree of the President of Tatarstan from December 15, 2000.
Also, one of the streets in the Vakhitov district in Kazan is named after Säydäsev.