Vasily Kalafati

Composer

1869 – 1942

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Who was Vasily Kalafati?

Vasily Pavlovich Kalafati was a Russian composer and pedagogue.

Kalafati was a pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and would also teach composition and music theory there between 1907 and 1929, having been promoted to professor in 1923. His own students included Alexander Scriabin, Igor Stravinsky, and Heino Eller. He died during the German siege of Leningrad in World War II.

Although largely forgotten after his death, Kalafati was one of the most important composers in Russia during his lifetime. He composed in a style which resembled that of Rimsky-Korsakov and his most notable works were an opera Cygany, a symphony in A, a symphonic poem Legenda, an overture, a polonaise for orchestra, chamber music, pieces for piano, as well as art songs.

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Born
Feb 10, 1869
Yevpatoria
Also known as
  • Калафати, Василий Павлович
Died
Mar 20, 1942
Saint Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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