Vladimir Shainsky

Film score, Composer

1925 –

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Who is Vladimir Shainsky?

Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainsky is a Soviet and Russian composer.

Vladimir Shainsky was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a student at the musical school in Kiev, where he learned to play the violin. However, his studies were interrupted by the German-Soviet War, when his family was evacuated to Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. He continued to study at the Tashkent Conservatory until he was recruited by the Red Army. After the war he entered Moscow Conservatory, Orchestra Faculty, and graduated as a violinist soloist. In the 1950s Shainsky played in Leonid Utyosov's orchestra, taught young people, and worked as a composer and musical leader at different dance orchestras. He studied in Baku conservatory, the composers faculty.

His first composing works were a string quartet, created in 1963 during his studies in Baku conservatory and a symphony, written in 1965. During his long career as a composer, Shainsky wrote a great number of works for children. He created music and songs for popular cartoons such as Cheburashka, Katerok, Mamontenok and Kroshka Enot; for films, including "Breakfast on the Grass", "Aniskin and Fantomas", "Aniskin Again", "School Waltz", "Finest, the brave Falcon"; for musicals, and even an opera. He wrote many popular songs, like "A Soldier is Walking in the Town", "Russia's Little Corner", "White Birch", "Smile", "Clouds", "A Dog is Lost", "Crocodile Gena's Song".

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Born
Dec 12, 1925
Kiev
Also known as
  • Vladimir Yakovlevich Shainskiy
  • V. Shainskiy
  • Vladimir Shainskiy
  • Vladimir Shainskij
  • Shainskiy, Vladimir
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Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • Soviet Union
  • Russia
  • Israel
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Lived in
  • Kiev

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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