Youri Boutsko (russian: Юрий Маркович Буцко; Youri Markovitch Boutsko; 18 May 1938 - 25 April 2015) was a Russian composer and professor of the

Moscow State Tchaikovsky 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 ...

from 1968 to 2015. Youri Boutsko is known as an author of vocal, instrumental and chamber music as well as of music for theater and cinema. He wrote 4 Operas, 2 Oratorios, 7 Cantatas, 13 Symphonies and 18 Concertos for different instruments. The musical language of Youri Boutsko was deeply inspired by Russian musical tradition, in particular — by works of

Modest Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky ( rus, link=no, Модест Петрович Мусоргский, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky , mɐˈdɛst pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ˈmusərkskʲɪj, Ru-Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky version.ogg; – ) was a Russian compo ...

and

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...

. On the other hand, his music is based on the traditional Christian Orthodox

liturgy Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. ''Liturgy'' can also be used to refer specifically to public worship by Christians. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to and partic ...

: the composer often uses either themes that remind of the Znamenny chant, or its real citations.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boutsko, Youri 1938 births 2015 deaths Russian male composers Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory