Rodion Shchedrin - Biography
| 1932: |
born in Moscow on 16th December |
| 1945-1950: |
Studied at the Moscow Choral School |
| 1950-1955: |
Studied at the Moscow Conservatory with
Yuri Shaporin (composition) and Yakov Flier (piano) |
| 1958: |
Married to Maya Plisetskaya, the prima
ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre |
| 1960: |
World première of the ballet "The
Little Humpbacked Horse" in Moscow |
| 1961: |
World première of the opera "Not
Only Love" (first version) in Moscow |
| 1963: |
World première of "Naughty
Limericks" (1st concert for orchestra) at the Festival "Warsaw
Autumn", conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky |
| 1964-1969: |
Professor of composition at the Moscow
Conservatory |
| 1967: |
World première of the ballet "Carmen
Suite" in Moscow |
| 1968: |
Refused to sign an open letter which
was to sanction the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia |
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World première of "The Chimes"
(2nd concert for orchestra) in New York, conductor Leonard Bernstein |
| seit 1969: |
Free-lance composer |
| 1972: |
World première of the ballet "Anna
Karenina" in Moscow |
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Opening of the Pokrovsky Chamber Music
Theatre with the opera "Not Only Love" (second version) |
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Recipient of the USSR State Prize |
| 1973: |
Succeeded Dmitri Shostakovich as president
of the Union of Composers of Russian Federation (since 1989 honorary
president) |
| 1976: |
Correspondent member of the Bavarian
Academy of Fine Arts |
| 1977: |
World première of the opera "Dead
Souls" in Moscow, conductor Yuri Temirkanov |
| 1982: |
Attended the Munich Piano Summer for
the first time |
| 1983: |
Honorary member of the Academy of Fine
Arts of the GDR |
| 1984: |
Recipient of the Lenin Prize |
| 1985: |
Honorary member of the "International
Music Council" |
| 1988: |
World première of the Russian
Lithurgy "The Sealed Angel" in Moscow |
| 1989: |
Member of the Interregional Group which
sympathized with "perestroika" |
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Member of the Berlin Academy of Arts |
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World première of "Khorovody"
(4th concert for orchestra) in Tokyo |
| 1990: |
World première of "Old Russian
Circus Music" (3rd concert for orchestra) in Chicago, conductor
Lorin Maazel |
| 1992: |
Shchedrin lives alternately in Munich
and Moscow Received the Russian State Prize from President Boris Yeltsin |
| 1993: |
Recipient of the Dmitri Shostakovich
Prize |
| 1994: |
World première of the opera "Lolita"
in Stockholm, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich |
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World première of the "Concerto
for violoncello and orchestra" ("Sotto voce concerto") in London, Mstislav Rostropovich (violoncello), Seiji Ozawa (conductor) |
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World première of the "Trumpet
Concerto" in Pittsburgh |
| 1995: |
Crystal Awards, World Economic Forum,
Davos |
| 1997: |
Honorary professor at the Moscow Conservatory |
| 1998: |
World première of "Four Russian
Songs" (5th concert for orchestra) in London |
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World première of "Concerto
Cantabile" in Zurich, conductor Mariss Jansons |
| 1999: |
World première of the 5th Piano
Concerto in Los Angeles |
| 2001: |
Final nomination fort the "Grammy
Awards" for the best contemporary composition ("Concerto
Cantabile") |
| 2002 |
"Composer of the Year" of the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra World première of Symphonic Etudes for Orchestra "Dialogues with Shostakovich" in Pittsburgh, conductor Mariss Jansons World première of the opera "The Enchanted Wanderer" in New York, conductor Lorin Maazel Order for Service to the Russian State third degree |
| 2003 |
World première of the 6th Piano
Concerto "Concerto lontano" in Amsterdam |
| 2005 |
Honorary professor at the St Petersburg
State Conservatory |
| 2006 |
World première of the Russian
choral opera "Boyarina Morozova" in Moscow |
| 2007 |
Order for Service to the Russian State
second degree |
| 2008 |
Honorary professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing German music award "Echo Klassik 2008"
for the choral opera "Boyarina Morozova" in the category
"Opera recording of the year" |
| Publication of the first autobiographic
book "Autobiographical notes" in Moscow |
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| 2009 | The Russian Theatre Award “Golden
Mask” in the category “Best compositional work for opera”
for the opera "The Enchanted Wanderer" |
Please click on the pictures to
get a bigger size
 With Schostakowitsch |
 As solist |
 With Schostakowitsch |
 Fishing |
 With Oliver Messiaen |
 With Leonard Bernstein |
 With Mariss Jansons |
 With Maya Plisetskaya |
 Premiere of "Lolita" |
 At the rehersal |
 5. Piano Concert |
 3. Symphony |