Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ????´???????; June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer.
Sidelnikov studied with E.
O.
Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory.
He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981.
Among his pupils were Audrone Žigaityte, Vyacheslav Artemov, Eduard Artemyev, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Vladimir Martynov, Anton Rovner, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Glebovich Sokolov and Vladimir Bitkin.
See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Nikolai Sidelnikov.
His works include operas:
Alen'kiy Tsvetochek (The Scarlet Flower, after S.
Aksakov, 1974)
Chertogon (opera dilogy after Nikolai Leskov: Zagul, Pokhmelye, 1978–1981)
Beg (The Run after Mikhail Bulgakov, 1987)a ballet:
Stepan Razinand also: 6 symphonies, an oratorio, cantatas, choral, chamber and vocal music.
Russkie skazki (??????? ?????? — The Russian Fairy Tales, 1968) - a concert for 12 players is one of his most notable compositions.