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Andrey Pavlovich Petrov (Russian: Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в; September 2, 1930 – February 15, 2006) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. Andrey Petrov is known for his music for numerous classic Soviet films such as Walking the Streets of Moscow, Beware of the Car, and Office Romance.

Andrey Petrov in 2000
Andrey Petrov in 2000

Life


A native of Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad), Petrov was the son of a military doctor; his mother was an artist. He had little interest in music until, at fourteen, he saw The Great Waltz; after this he decided to become a composer. He studied composition at the Leningrad Conservatory under Orest Yevlakhov.

Petrov is known for his work in various genres; he wrote a number of operas and ballets, as well as symphonic works, incidental and film music, and various songs. He is especially famous for his ballet Creation of the World, based on drawings by Jean Effel. This was performed around the world, with Mikhail Baryshnikov among its first performers. Petrov also scored over eighty films, including the Soviet-American co-production The Blue Bird.

From 1964 until his death Petrov was the head of the Saint Petersburg Composers' Union, to which he was introduced by Dmitri Shostakovich. He also founded and served as the general director of a music festival in Saint Petersburg. He won numerous prizes and awards; on May 22, 1998, he was made an honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg. In 1993 a small planet, asteroid 4785 (Petrov) was named after him.[1]

Petrov's wife, Natalya Yefimovna, was a well-known musicologist; his only daughter, Olga, co-wrote a number of his later works.

Andrey Petrov died in Saint Petersburg; he is buried at the Volkovo Cemetery in the city.


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На других языках


[de] Andrei Pawlowitsch Petrow

Andrei Pawlowitsch Petrow (russisch Андрей Павлович Петров, wiss. Transliteration Andrej Pavlovič Petrov; * 2. September 1930 in Leningrad; † 15. Februar 2006 in Sankt Petersburg) war ein russischer Komponist, der sowohl klassische Musik, als auch Musik für über 80 sowjetische und russische Filme schrieb.
- [en] Andrey Petrov

[es] Andréi Petrov

Andréi Pavlóvich Petrov (en ruso, Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в, Leningrado, 2 de septiembre de 1930-San Petersburgo, 15 de febrero de 2006) compositor ruso conocido, entre otras, por sus bandas sonoras de películas como El pájaro azul. También compuso el ballet “La creación del mundo” (1968), un concierto para violín (1983) y un concierto para piano (1990).

[ru] Петров, Андрей Павлович

Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в (2 сентября 1930, Ленинград — 15 февраля 2006, Санкт-Петербург) — советский и российский композитор, общественный деятель, народный артист СССР (1980)[3], лауреат двух государственных премий СССР (1967, 1976) и государственной премии РФ (1995). Кавалер ордена Ленина (1983).



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