Vasily Kalafati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vasily Kalafati

Russian composer and pedagogue

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1869

Place of Birth: Yevpatoria, Taurida Governorate, Russia

Date of Death: 20-Mar-1942

Profession: composer, university teacher, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Vasily Kalafati

  • Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati (Russian: ??????? ???????? ????????, Vasilij Pavlovic Kalafati; 10 February [O.S.
  • 29 January] 1869, Yevpatoria, Crimea – 20 March 1942, near Leningrad) was a Russian composer and pedagogue. Kalafati was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and would also teach composition and music theory there between 1907 and 1929, having been promoted to professor in 1923.
  • His own students included Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, and Heino Eller.
  • He died during the German siege of Leningrad in World War II. Although largely forgotten after his death, Kalafati was one of the most important composers in Russia during his lifetime.
  • He composed in a style which resembled that of Rimsky-Korsakov and his most notable works were an opera Cygany (based on Pushkin), a symphony in A, a symphonic poem Legenda (which won him a prize at the 1928 International Schubert Competition in Vienna), an overture, a polonaise for orchestra, chamber music, pieces for piano, as well as art songs.
  • Pianist, Mary-Victoria Voutsas, is the only living performer known to have recorded his works.

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