Nikolai Alexandrovich Malakhovsky (1892-1942, Leningrad ) - Russian Soviet composer. Member of the USSR Union of Composers.
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| Date of Birth | 1892 |
| Date of death | 1942 |
| Place of death | Leningrad USSR |
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| Professions | composer |
| Genres | works for piano, music for plays and films |
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Biography
A graduate of the Petrograd University in 1917, in 1925 - graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory under the direction of M. O. Steinberg (in composition class). He studied with D. Shostakovich .
He worked at the Leningrad Radio Committee, and later at the Institute of Art History in Leningrad.
He was a member of the Association of Contemporary Music. Little remains of his heritage, scores burned during the war.
He died during the siege of Leningrad .
The name of the composer is stamped on a memorial plaque of the Union of Composers dedicated to members of the union who died during the blockade.
Granddaughter - composer Vladislav Malakhovskaya .
Creativity
He worked a lot, including for theater and radio, but his music is practically unknown to the modern listener. Author of sonatas, plays, romances, music for plays and films (" Sniper " (1931))
Works
- The opera “The Babylonian wand” (unfinished, based on the play by A. V. Lunacharsky );
- for piano - sonatas (including Sonata for trumpet and piano), musical pieces;
- for voice and piano - romances;
- Music for dramatic performances;
- Film music:
- "Sniper" (1931, dir. S. Timoshenko)
- Music to the radio.