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David Finko
8+ albums
Russiarussian
about
In the early 1950's, the Soviet Union started active preparations for WWIII against the USA and NATO, and young talented men were pressed into service in the national army and navy. David Finko—the only son of a naval architect and the Theory of Elasticity professor—was selected to become a submarine designing engineer. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Naval Architecture (Diploma in Submarine Design, 1959 and the rank of lieutenant), made two arctic patrols as a crew member, was trained at several ship yards and at the Submarine Design Bureau in Leningrad, where he was appointed as a submarine designing engineer in 1960. But David Finko also studied piano, violin and music theory since childhood. He graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov School of the Performing Arts (Diploma in Piano Performance, 1958) and from the Leningrad Conservatory (Diploma in Music Composition, 1965). He abandoned his engineering career to become a full-time composer in 1966. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Composers, he wrote many works on commissions from the Soviet Ministry of Culture and noted performers, and served as an editor of the state music publishing house "Soviet Composer." Since his emigration to the U.S.A. in 1979, David Finko has taught music at seven U.S. universities including Yale University and the Universities of Pennsylvania and Texas. He has been a U.S. citizen since 1986. David Finko has written six operas, nine concerti, three tone poems, two symphonies and a
top songs
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Piano Sonata No. 1 "Solomon Mikhoels": I. Burlesco, rubato
1902Viola Concerto
113Fromm Septet
84Piccolo Concerto: II. Lento
85Piano Sonata No. 1 "Solomon Mikhoels": II. Energico
46Piccolo Concerto: III. Con moto
37Piano Concerto
28Piano Sonata No. 1 "Solomon Mikhoels": III. Concentrato
29Violin Concerto
210Piccolo Concerto: I. Andante
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