Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky

Opera, Composer

1904 – 1987

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Who was Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky?

Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky was a Russian composer.

He helped to set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works have been performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is probably best known in the West for the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26 and his second piano concerto.

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Born
Dec 30, 1904
Saint Petersburg
Also known as
  • Dmitriy Borisovich Kabalevskiy
  • Kabalevsky
  • Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский
  • Dmitrij Borisovich Kabalevskij
  • Dimitri Kabalevsky
  • Kabalevsky, Dmitri Borisovich
  • Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский
  • Кабале́вский, Дми́трий Бори́сович
  • Dmitri Kabelevsky
  • Kabelevsky, Dmitri
Nationality
  • Russia
Profession
Education
  • Moscow Conservatory
Employment
  • Union of Soviet Composers
Lived in
  • Saint Petersburg
Died
Feb 18, 1987
Moscow

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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