Eduard Lazarev
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Eduard Lazarev | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 December 1935 |
| Died | 10 December 2008 (aged 72) Moscow, Russia |
| Citizenship | Soviet/Russian, Moldovan |
| Alma mater | Moscow Conservatory |
| Era | 20th-century classical music |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
Eduard Leonidovich Lazarev (Russian: Эдуа́рд Леони́дович Ла́зарев; 19 December 1935 – 10 January 2008) was a Moldovan composer of Russian descent.[1]
Lazarev arranged the State Anthem of the Moldavian SSR in 1980, with authorization of The First Secretary of the Moldavian Communist Party Ivan Bodiul.[2]
In April 1979, Lazarev received a premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow when he combined music with excerpts from speeches of Vladimir Lenin in the opera "Chemarea Revoluţiei" (The Call of the Revolution; also known as Leniniana), which lasted only nine performances.[citation needed] Between 1974 and 1983 he wrote Master and Margarita, a ballet in 8 acts. His second Piano Trio (1992) has been recorded by the Moscow Piano Trio.
Eduard Lazarev died on 10 January 2008, at the age of 72.[3]
