Georgy Mikhailovich Balaev ( 1923 - 2012 ) - Soviet and Russian composer and arranger.
| Balaev Georgy Mikhailovich | ||
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| Date of Birth | January 2, 1923 | |
| Place of Birth | Rostov-on-Don | |
| Date of death | February 20, 2012 (89 years old) | |
| Place of death | Rostov-on-Don | |
| Citizenship |  USSR →  Russia | |
| Occupation | composer | |
| Spouse | Nelly Ivanovna | |
| Children | Son is Raphael, daughter - Marina | |
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Member of the Union of Composers of the USSR. Since 1946 - teacher of the Music School. M. Gnesin in Rostov-on-Don. Also from this year - the head of various pop groups.
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Biography
Born on January 2, 1923 in Rostov-on-Don in an Armenian family.
In the 1930s, he graduated from the Ippolitov-Ivanov Rostov School of Music, then entered the music school, but because of the Great Patriotic War , he could finish it only in 1949 (in the composition class).
Member of World War II. During the war he was an artilleryman and musician in the ensemble of the 61st Army , and reached Berlin . Then he returned to Rostov, where he married a soloist of a female jazz band.
Returning to his hometown, from 1945 to 1947 , George Balaev served in the SKVO ensemble, then created his own pop orchestra at the Spartak movie theater, and since 1959 he worked with his orchestra in the panoramic Russia movie theater [1] (now the Center named after Kim Nazaretov).
He died on February 20, 2012 in Rostov-on-Don. [2]
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| Star Balaev on the Avenue of Stars | |
- Georgy Mikhailovich Balaev - author of about 500 works, made 150 stock records of orchestral music, the company " Melody " released two of his records. It was his Winter Waltz [3] (also known as Happy Waltz [4] ) that sounded for many years at the beginning of the famous television Blue Lights .
- On October 26, 2013 in Rostov-on-Don, at the “ Prospect of the Stars ”, a solemn ceremony of laying the inscribed “Star” to Georgy Mikhailovich Balaev took place [5] .
Rewards
- Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation .
- Honorary Citizen of the city of Rostov-on-Don ( 1999 ).
- Other government awards.
Notes
- ↑ Georgy Mikhailovich Balaev
- ↑ A famous composer died in Rostov
- ↑ Balaev Georgy Mikhailovich
- ↑ HAPPY WALTZ GEORGE BALAYEV
- ↑ Music sounds . "Prospect of stars of Rostov-on-Don."