Choreographer

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky

Composer, conductor (music), pianist, music teacher

Born 1904 · Saint PetersburgDied 1987Soviet UnionRussian Empire
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
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Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Soviet choreographer, born in 1904 in Saint Petersburg, who died in 1987.

Biography

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent.

He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during his lifetime. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works were performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is best known in Western Europe for his Second Symphony; the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26; and his Third Piano Concerto.

From the Wikipedia article “Dmitry Kabalevsky”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

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Vera Volkova

Russian ballet dancer (1904-1975)

1904–1975
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Vladimir Bourmeister

Soviet choreographer, ballet master and ballet dancer (1904-1971)

1904–1971
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Leonid Yakobson

Russian choreographer (1904-1975)

1904–1975
Aram Khachaturian

Aram Khachaturian

Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)

1903–1978
Pavlo Virsky

Pavlo Virsky

Ukrainian choreographer (1905-1975)

1905–1975
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Leonid Lavrovsky

ballet dancer and choreographer at Mariinsky & Bolshoi (1905–1967)

1905–1967
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Vera Shabshai

Soviet dancer, choreographer and teacher (1905–1988)

1905–1988
Tamara Khanum

Tamara Khanum

Uzbek dancer of Armenian heritage (1906-1991)

1906–1991

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