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Dmitri Smirnov
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Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (Russian: Дми́трий Никола́евич Смирно́в) (born November 2, 1948, Minsk) is a Russian and British (since 1991) composer. He was born in Minsk into a family of opera singers and he studied at the Moscow Conservatory 1967-1972 under Nikolai Sidelnikov, Yuri Kholopov and Edison Denisov. He also studied privately with Webern's pupil Philip Herschkowitz. He is married to the composer Elena Firsova. Their children are Philip Firsov (an artist and sculptor), and Alissa Firsova (a composer, pianist and conductor). His Solo for Harp won First Prize in a competition in Maastricht (1976). His two operas Tiriel and Thel on a text by William Blake were premiered in 1989 (the first at the Freiburg Festival, Germany, and the second at the Almeida Festival in London). The same year his First Symphony (The Seasons) was performed at the Tanglewood Festival, United States. His orchestral Mozart-Variations were staged as a ballet in Pforzheim in Germany (1992). Other premieres include the oratorio A Song of Liberty (Leeds, UK – 1993), Cello Concerto (Manchester, UK – 1996), cantata Song of Songs, (Geneva, Switzerland – 2001) Triple Concerto 2 (LSO, Barbican, London – 2004). Many of Smirnov's works reflect his fascination with the poetry and art of William Blake. In 1979 he was blacklisted as one of the "Khrennikov's Seven" at the Sixth Congress of the Union of Soviet Composers for unapproved participation in some festivals of Soviet music in the West. He was one of the
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Dmitri Smirnov, Tenor 1882 - 1930
An Introduction To ....
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Four Generations of Russian Composers
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Stravinsky, Schnittke, Roslavets, Smirnov, Firsova: Russian String Quartets
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Classical Music Anthology, Vol. 1
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An Introduction To Dmitri Smirnov
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Il mito dell'opera: Dmitri Smirnov (1910-1930)
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Our lady's rejoicing in sorrow (+ selections from medieval russian vocal art)
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Russian Emigres
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The Record of Singing 1899-1952
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The Soviet Saxophone
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Russian String Quartets