fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoRussian composer Rodion Shchedrin, known for Anna Karenina ballet, dies aged 92
The Bolshoi Theatre, where Shchedrin worked for many years, praised him in a statement for his priceless creative legacy. This is a huge tragedy and an irreparable loss for the entire world of art, it said. Born into a family of musicians in Moscow in 1932, Shchedrin graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He married Plisetskaya in 1958, writing The Seagull and The Lady With the Dog, based on the works of Anton Chekhov, as well as Anna Karenina for her.
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