Sergei Cortez ( be, Сярге́й Альбе́ртавіч Картэ́с, russian: Серге́й Альбе́ртович Корте́с; 18 February 1935 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian composer. (biography on 75th birthday) Cortez was born in San Antonio, Chile. He lived for most of his early life in

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, and emigrated with his parents to

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in the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

in 1955 at the age of 20.

Works

*One-act operas ''Jubilee'' and ''The Bear'' after stories by

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. ''The Bear'' was premiered by

Alexander Anisimov Alexander Mikhailovich Anissimov (Анисимов, Александр Михайлович; born 8 October 1947) is a Russian conductor. In 1995 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland The Nat ...

and the Belarusian Philharmonic. ''Jubilee'' was premiered at the Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre B. A. Pokrovsky. *''Visit of the Lady «Визит дамы»''

Selected filmography

*''

Adventures in a City that does not Exist ''Adventures in a City that does not Exist'' (russian: Приключения в городе, которого нет, Priklucheniya v gorode, kotorogo net) is a 1974 Soviet children's musical film, directorial debut of Leonid Nechayev. Plot Pio ...

'' (1974)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortez, Sergei 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Valparaíso Region Chilean emigrants to the Soviet Union Belarusian composers Belarusian people of Chilean descent Belarusian people of Russian descent Chilean people of Russian descent Soviet male classical composers Male classical composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century male musicians Recipients of the Byelorussian SSR State Prize