Nikolay Nikolayevich Kedrov Jr. (russian: Николай Николаевич Кедров; died 23 May 1981) was a Russian singer, pianist and composer, the son of

Nikolay Kedrov Sr. Nikolay Nikolayevich Kedrov Sr. (russian: Николай Николаевич Кедров; 28 October 1871 – 2 February 1940) was a Russians, Russian composer of liturgical music. His setting of ''Otche Nash'' (The Lord's Prayer) is one of t ...

, whom he succeeded as director of the Kedrov Quartet vocal ensemble. Kedrov was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

into a family of musicians. His father, Nikolay, was a singer and composer, and founder of a vocal ensemble, the Saint Petersburg Quartet (later called the Kedrov Quartet) specializing in liturgical music.Information about the Kedrov Quartet at Bibliophilie russe (in French); retrieved 30 November 2019
/ref> His mother, Sofia Gladkaya, was a singer at the Mariinsky Theatre. Kedrov had two sisters: Irène (Irina) Kedroff, a well-known soprano, and

Lila Kedrova Yelizaveta Nikolaevna Kedrova (Russian: Елизавета Николаевна Кедрова; 9 October 1909 – 16 February 2000), known as Lila Kedrova, was a Russian-born French actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actre ...

, the actress. Kedrov entered the

Saint Petersburg Conservatory The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory (russian: Санкт-Петербургская государственная консерватория имени Н. А. Римского-Корсакова) (formerly known as th ...

(where his father was a professor), as a pianist. The family left Russia in 1923, settling first in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, where Kedrov continued his studies. They moved to

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

in 1928, where Kedrov's parents were among the founders of the Russian conservatory (now the

Conservatoire Rachmaninoff The Conservatoire Serge Rachmaninoff de Paris (English translation: Sergei Rachmaninoff Conservatory of Paris) is a professional music school in Paris, which conducts its courses in both French and Russian. The Conservatoire offers individual i ...

); it was here that Kedrov completed his studies.Profile of Nikolai Kedrov Jr. at Религиозная Деятельность Русского Зарубежья: Биобиблиографический Справочник (Religious Activity of Russians Abroad: Biobibliographic Directory) (in Russian), retrieved 30 November 2019
/ref> In 1930 he joined the Kedrov Quartet, which his father had reformed in Paris, singing tenor. At the outbreak of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

he joined the French army, but he was captured, taken to Germany, and held prisoner for the duration of the war. His father having died in 1940, Kedrov revived the Quartet in the late 1940s. Between 1950 and 1975, under Kedrov's direction, the Kedrov Quartet played more than 3,000 concerts in France, and toured Europe and the United States. Kedrov was active as a composer and editor of

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liturgical music, publishing two collections of liturgical chants in London, including his own compositions, and those of other Russian émigré composers. He died in 1981, and is buried in

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery (french: Cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) is part of the ''Cimetière de Liers'' and is called the Russian Orthodox cemetery, in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Paris, France. History The ...

in Paris.Burial record at Ancestry.com
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