Ilya Arkadevich Vilensky ( March 2 (14), 1896 , Kremenchug , now Ukraine - June 28, 1973 , Kiev ) - Ukrainian Soviet composer and public figure.
| Ilya Arkadevich Vilensky | |||
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| Date of Birth | March 14, 1896 | ||
| Place of Birth | Kremenchug , Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | June 28, 1973 (aged 77) | ||
| A place of death | Kiev , USSR | ||
| A country |  the USSR | ||
| Professions | composer | ||
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Biography
In 1914 he entered the Petrograd Conservatory , studied in the composition class of Vasily Kalafati and in the piano class of Alexander Winkler .
Since 1919 , Mr .. worked in the Red Army Theater, in 1920 was one of the organizers of the Red Army Theater in Kharkov . Then he worked in Kiev, organized the Kiev Philharmonic , the State Theater for Children ( 1924 ), the Russian Drama Theater ( 1926 ) and other musical and drama institutions. Since 1939 , the organizer and artistic director of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Ukrainian SSR. Member of the CPSU since 1944. Honored Artist of the USSR ( 1947 ).
Among the main works of Vilensky are the opera for children “The Little Humpbacked Horse” (1935), the “Harvest Festival” ballets (1948) and “Ivasik-Telesik” (for children, 1949), the musical comedies “Sorochinskaya Fair” (1936), “Years” Young ”(1959),“ Shelmenko-batman ”(1962), suites for a symphony orchestra and orchestra of folk instruments, pieces for piano and button accordion, songs on verses by Maxim Rylsky , Oles Honchar , Savva Golovanivsky , etc.
He was married to S.I. Kryzhanovskaya, adopted her son from his first marriage, Mikhail (who, in turn, became the father of the composer K. Vilensky ).
Links
- Arkhimovich L. B. Vilensky Ilya Arkadievich // Theatrical Encyclopedia / ed. S. S. Mokulsky. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1961 .-- T. 1 .