Vladimir Sokolov (musician)
Russian clarinetist (1936–1999)
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokolov (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; 12 February 1936 in Ubshor, Syktyvdinsky District, Komi Republic – 13 November 1999 in Moscow) was a Russian clarinetist.
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Sokolov studied at the music college in Syktyvkar and the Moscow State Conservatoire.[1] He won first prize in the 1963 All-Union Competition of Musicians in Leningrad.[1] He has performed with the Beethoven Quartet, Komitas Quartet, Shostakovich Quartet[2] and Borodin Quartet. From 1963 to 1990 he was the solo clarinetist in the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia (SASO). He co-founded the SASO Woodwind Quintet.[1] He has taught at the Moscow Conservatoire since 1974 and at the Central Music School since 1975.[1] He created the Sergey Rozanov International Clarinet competition.[1] Sokolov was titled "Merited Artist of Russian Federation" in 1974 and "People’s Artist of Russia" in 1986.[1]
