Vladislav Zolotaryov

Who was Vladislav Zolotaryov?

Vladislav Andreyevich Zolotaryov, was a Soviet composer and bayanist. He graduated from the class of N. A. Lesnoi at the Magadan Secondary School of Music in 1968, and studied composition under the guidance of R. K. Shchedrin, and with T. N. Khrennikov. He composed large-scale and chamber compositions, string quartets and vocal music, but is best known for his works for bayan.

Friedrich Lips and A. Surkov wrote in Anthology of Compositions for Button Accordion, "The creative work of Vl. Zolotaryov can be described as a milestone of the utmost importance for the incontestable progress of accordion music. . . . In his Partita, Six Children's Suites, his Sonata No. 2 and Sonata No. 3, and Five Compositions, the advantages of the new-type [converter free-bass] accordion have, as never before, been wholly revealed. The instrument has become a full and equal participant in the chamber sphere of art music."

Zolotaryov committed suicide at age 33.