Leonid Borisovich Bobylev, also Bobylyov (Леони́д Бори́сович Бобылё́в, born October 15, 1949, in Tula) is a Russian composer. Bobylev graduated from the

Moscow Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

, where he studied composition with

Mikhail Chulaki Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чула́ки, also transliterated as Tchulaki and Tschulaki) ( in Simferopol – January 29, 1989 in Moscow) was a Soviet Russian composer and teacher. He studied under the c ...

, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.

Works

Bobylev has composed 7 operas, 1 ballet, 10 concertos, a symphony, a symphonic poems "De profundis" and "…e poi…", 4 concerti grossi, 9 oratorios and cantatas, chamber music for solo instruments and ensembles, and some music for theatre and motion pictures. ;Opera *''Gregory Melehov'' (1980,

libretto A libretto (Italian for "booklet") is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to the t ...

by A.Medvedev after

Mikhail Sholokhov Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov ( rus, Михаил Александрович Шолохов, p=ˈʂoləxəf; – 21 February 1984) was a Russian novelist and winner of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is known for writing about life ...

's novel "And Quiet Flows the Don", the concert audition of the fragments Moscow, 1988) *''The Lost Hunt'' (1981, libretto by Tatiana Vershinina and Leonid Bobylev after prose by V. Astafiev, the concert audition Moscow, 1983) *''Who Invented the Soap Balloons?'' (1989, for children, libretto by O. Volozova); *''Hi, Alice!'' (1993, for the juniors, premiere Moscow; 1993) *''…With the Last Kissing…'' (1994, mono-opera, libretto by Leonid Bobylev after the novel

Doctor Zhivago ''Doctor Zhivago'' is the title of a novel by Boris Pasternak and its various adaptations. Description The story, in all of its forms, describes the life of the fictional Russian physician and poet Yuri Zhivago Yuri Andreievich Zhivago is the ...

Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (; rus, Бори́с Леони́дович Пастерна́к, p=bɐˈrʲis lʲɪɐˈnʲidəvʲɪtɕ pəstɛrˈnak; 30 May 1960) was a Russian poet, novelist, composer and literary translator. Composed in 1917, Pa ...

premiere

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, 2001) *''Playing Chehov'' (2000, libretto by Leonid Bobylev after

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...

's stories) ;Orchestra *''Miracles of the Forest'', suite (1979) *Symphony (1985) *''De Profundis'', symphonic poem (premiere

, 1992, recording on Broadcast Nord

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1993) ;Concertante * Concerto for viola and string orchestra (1970) * ''Viennese Musical Box'' (Венская шкатулка), Concerto Grosso No.3 for violin, viola, piano and string orchestra (2007)

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bobylev, Leonid 1949 births Living people People from Tula, Russia Russian male classical composers Russian opera composers Male opera composers Soviet male composers 20th-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni