Aleksandr Sokiryansky ( ro, Alexandru Sochireanschi, russian: Александр Фёдорович Сокирянский) was a

Soviet Moldavia The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

n composer and musicologist.

Biography

He was born in on 9 January 1937

Cherkasy Cherkasy ( uk, Черка́си, ) is a city in central Ukraine. Cherkasy is the Capital city, capital of Cherkasy Oblast (Oblast, province), as well as the administrative center of Cherkasky Raion (Raion, district) within the oblast. The c ...

, in a Jewish family. During the

war War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular o ...

years, he lived with the mother in the evacuation in

Taraz Taraz ( kz, Тараз, تاراز, translit=Taraz ; known to Europeans as Talas) is a city and the administrative center of Jambyl Region in Kazakhstan, located on the Talas (river), Talas (Taraz) River in the south of the country near the borde ...

, where his younger sister died. His father died during in the

Siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

. After the war, he returned with his mother to Cherkasy. After graduation, he entered the Poltava Music School in the violin class. After serving in the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

, he returned to Cherkasy, where he worked as a violinist in the orchestra of the Musical and Dramatic Theater. T. G. Shevchenko. In 1964–1969 he studied at the

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the ...

Art Institute named after G. Muzicescu in the composition class of M. R. Kopytman. Since 1969 he taught at the Chișinău Music School named after Ștefan Neaga. He became a member of the Union of Composers of Moldova in 1972. In addition to music, he also wrote poetry, in Romanian and

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

. Since 1991 he has lived in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, in

Kiryat Bialik Kiryat Bialik ( he, קִרְייַת בְּיַאלִיק, also Qiryat Bialik) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. It is one of the five Krayot suburbs to the north of Haifa. In it had a population of . The city was named after the poet H ...

. He died on 22 May 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokiryansky, Aleksandr Year of birth missing 20th-century births 2019 deaths Ukrainian Jews Moldovan Jews Soviet composers Soviet film score composers Israeli people of Moldovan-Jewish descent Moldovan composers Moldovan emigrants to Israel Musicians from Cherkasy Yiddish-language poets