Yevgeny Grigoryevich Brusilovsky ( rus, Евгений Григорьевич Брусиловский; – 9 May 1981) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

n composer who settled in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. He wrote the first Kazakh opera, co-wrote the music for the

anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic The state anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, قازاق سوۆەتتئک سوتسياليستئک رەسپۋبليكاسىنىݣ مەملەكەتتئک أنورانى, ; russian: Национальный гимн Казахской ...

, and was a People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR.

Early life and education

Brusilovsky was born in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

in 1905. He studied at 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 ...

and later at the

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

, under

Maximilian Steinberg Maximilian Osseyevich Steinberg (Russian Максимилиан Осеевич Штейнберг; – 6 December 1946) was a Russian composer of classical music. Though once considered the hope of Russian music, Steinberg is far less well known ...

Career

In 1933, he was sent to

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

(then the

Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

) to study the folk music of the region, and stayed there for the rest of his life. From 1934 to 1936 he was the Music Director of the Kazakh National Theatre, and from 1949 to 1951 the Artistic Director of the Philharmonic. He founded the

Abay Opera House Abay Opera House ( kk, Абай атындағы қазақ мемлекеттік академиялық опера және балет театры, translit=Abaı atyndaǵy qazaq memlekettik akademııalyq opera jáne balet teatry) is one of the ...

in 1934. Brusilovsky taught at the Alma-Ata Conservatory (now the Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory) from 1944, becoming Professor of Composition in 1955. His students included A. Zatsepin, B. Baikadamov, M. Tulebaev, B. Yerzakovich, K. Kuzhamyarov, E. Rakhmadiyev and S. Mukhamedzhanov.

Death

He died in Moscow in 1981, aged 75. He was buried at the

Kuntsevo Cemetery The Kuntsevo Cemetery (russian: Ку́нцевское кла́дбище, kúntsevkoye kládbishche) is a cemetery servicing Kuntsevo, Moscow. It is located on the bank of the Setun River, to the south of the Mozhaisk Highway (the continuation ...

Works

Yevgeny Brusilovsky frequently used the music and legends of Kazakhstan in his compositions. They include: * 9 operas ** ''Kyz Zhibek'' (1934) ** ''Zhalbyr'' (1935) ** ''Er Torgyn'' (''Er-Targhin'') (1936) ** ''Aiman-Sholpan'' (1938) ** ''Golden Grain'' (1940) ** ''The Guard, forward!'' (1942) ** ''Amangeldy'' (1945, co-author M. Tulebayev) ** ''Dudarai'' (1953) ** ''Heirs'' (1962) * 4 ballets ** ''Gulyandom'' (1940; the first Uzbek national ballet) ** ''Kozy Korpesh and Bojan Sulu'' (1967) * 8 symphoniesEnciclopedia della Musica e dei Musicisti UTET (Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians UTET)russiancomposers.org.uk
/ref> ** Symphony No. 1 (1931) ** Symphony No. 2 (1932) ** Symphony No. 3 "The Golden Steppe" (1944) ** Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1957) ** Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1961) ** Symphony No. 6 in G "On a Theme of Kurmangazy" (1965; State Prize of Kazakhstan, 1967) ** Symphony No. 7 (1969) ** Symphony No. 8 (1972) * Lyric Poem "Lonely Birch" for orchestra (1942) *

Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic The state anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, قازاق سوۆەتتئک سوتسياليستئک رەسپۋبليكاسىنىݣ مەملەكەتتئک أنورانى, ; russian: Национальный гимн Казахской ...

(1945, with M. Tulebaev and L. Hamidi) * Piano Concerto in D minor (1947) * Trumpet Concerto (1967) * Cello or Viola Concerto (1969) * ''Zheldrme pamyati Baizkova'' for folk orchestra * 2 string quartets (1944, 1951) * Violin Sonata * ''Boz Aygir'' (''The Wild Horse''; violin and piano) * Scherzo, violin and piano * a large number of choral and vocal works ** ''Dzhambul'', Cycle for tenor and orchestra ** ''Soviet Kazakhstan Cantata'', narrator, soloists, chorus and orchestra ** ''Songs of Life'' for voice and piano * 500 songs and ballads

References

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