Oleg Nikolayevich Karavaichuk (russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Каравайчу́к; 28 December 1927 – 13 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian composer, author of music for many films and theater performances.

Biography

Karavaychuk was born on 28 December 1927 in Kyiv, into the family of a violinist who was arrested when Oleg was two years old. From early childhood, he composed music. He attended the School of Music at the

Leningrad State 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 he was under mentorship from

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and Sviatoslav Richter, from which he graduated in 1945. In March 1943, he took part in a concert of young musicians in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Conservatory in Tashkent. From 1945 to 1951 he studied at the Leningrad State Conservatory piano class (teacher Samarii Savshinsky). Since 1953 he wrote music for films, although he claims that he began in movie industry because it was the only work which was not prohibited by the KGB.По воспоминаниям Разживина
Retrieved 22 April 2019. For years Karavaychuk lived on the 15th Line of Vasilyevsky Island with his mother, in the house between the Sredny and Maly Prospects, close to the park named after Vera Slutskaya. Locals often saw him on the street and in nearby stores. With his extravagant appearance and behavior (manner of walking and stay, to deal with saleswomen, sunglasses, and a long mane of hair) Oleg Karavaychuk earned the nickname "mad composer" and was, therefore, a local landmark. Oleg Karavaychuk collaborated with Sergei Parajanov, Vasily Shukshin,

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, Kira Muratova (''

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'', ''The Long Goodbye'') and others. Retrieved 13 June 2016. Karavaychuk also collaborated with the avant-garde, in particular Sergey Kuryokhin. Oleg Nikolayevich Karavaychuk died on 13 June 2016 in St. Petersburg.

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* Retrieved 25 January 2023. {{DEFAULTSORT:Karavaychuk, Oleg 1927 births 2016 deaths Musicians from Kyiv Russian composers Russian male composers Soviet film score composers Russian film score composers Soviet pianists 20th-century pianists Russian pianists 20th-century Russian male musicians