Andrei Eshpai

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Name Andrei Eshpai Role Composer		Grandchildren Zoya Kaydanovskaya

Died November 8, 2015, Moscow, Russia Parents Yakov Eshpai, Valentina Eshpai Albums Andrei Eshpai Edition, Volume 2: Concertos / Symphony No. 7 (USSR State Large Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Evgeny Svetlanov) Similar People Yevgeny Svetlanov, Yevgeniya Simonova, Nikolai Kapustin, Anton Rubinstein, Nikolai Rubinstein
Children Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai

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Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (Russian: Андре́й Я́ковлевич Эшпа́й; 15 May 1925 – 8 November 2015) was an ethnic Mari (Russian and Soviet) composer.

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Biography

Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari El. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev. He performed his postgraduate study under Aram Khachaturian from 1953 to 1956.

He was the son of the composer Yakov Andreyevich Eshpai, and the father of the filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai.

On 8 November 2015, Eshpai died in Moscow from a stroke at the age of 90.

Principal works

Stage

Nobody Is Happier Than Me, operetta (1968–1969); libretto by V. Konstantinov and B. Ratser

Love Is Forbidden, musical (1973)

Angara, ballet (1974–1975)

A Circle, ballet (1979–1980)

Orchestral

Symphonic Dances on Mari Themes (1951)

Symphony no. 1 in E♭ minor (1959)

Symphony no. 2 in A major "Praise the Light" (1962)

Symphony no. 3 (1964)

Symphony no. 4 "Symphony-Ballet" (1980-1981)

Simon Bolivar, Symphonic Poem (1982)

Symphony No. 5 (1985)

Symphony No. 6 "Liturgic" for mixed chorus, baritone (or bass) and symphony orchestra (1988)

Symphony No. 7 (1991)

Games (1997)

Symphony No. 8 (2000–2001)

Symphony No. 9 "Four Verses" for symphony orchestra, mixed chorus and narrators (1998–1999)

Concertante

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor (1954)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1956)

Concerto Grosso, Concerto for orchestra with solo trumpet, piano, vibraphone and double bass (1966–1967)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1972)

Violin Concerto No. 2 (1977)

Viola Concerto (1987)

Cello Concerto (1989)

Clarinet Concerto (1995)

Flute Concerto (1992)

Violin Concerto No. 3 "Bartok Concerto" (1990–1992)

Violin Concerto No. 4 (1993)

Oboe Concerto (1982)

Concerto for trumpet, trombone and orchestra (1994–1995)

Double Bass Concerto (1994–1995)

Horn Concerto in F major (1995)

Tuba Concerto (2001)

Bassoon Concerto Opus Singularis (2001)

Other

3 violin sonatas

piano compositions

songs

References

Andrei Eshpai Wikipedia

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Contents

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Biography

Principal works

References