Yuri Levitin
Yuri Abramoviсh Levitin (Yuriy, Youri; Levitine) ({{langx|ru|Юрий Абра́мович Левитин}}; {{OldStyleDate|28 December|1912|15 December}} in Poltava – 26 July 1993[http://kkre-5.narod.ru/levitin.htm Красная книга российской эстрады. Юрий Левитин] in Moscow)Shostakovich, Dmitri; Glikman, Issak; Phillips, Anthony (ed.) (2001). {{Google books|sS9HXcUCfaoC|Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman, 1941-1975}}, page 331. {{ISBN|0-8014-3979-5}}. was a Soviet Russian composer of classical music.
Early life
Levitin was born in Poltava. In 1935 he finished his studies at Leningrad Conservatory. In 1937, Graduate study in piano. He finished conservatory with composition classes under Dmitri Shostakovich.
He worked as pianist in the Leningrad State stage and the Leningrad Philharmonic Society (1931-1941). After this he managed the musical portion of the theater in Tashkent (1941-1942). From 1942 he lived and worked in Moscow.
Compositions
His output includes four operas; seven cantatas; two symphonies; concertos for orchestra, and for solo instruments and orchestra including trumpet, clarinet, cello, oboe and horn; chamber- instrument ensembles, including about a dozen string quartets; many songs; and music for films.
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External links
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Category:Musicians from Poltava
Category:Russian male classical composers
Category:Soviet film score composers
Category:Male film score composers
Category:Soviet classical composers
Category:People's Artists of the RSFSR
Category:Recipients of the Stalin Prize