 rodion konstantinovich shchedrin (, rodion konstantinoviÄ Å Äedrin, ; born december 16, 1932) is a russian composer and pianist, winner of the lenin (1984), ussr state prize (1972) and the state prize of the russian federation (1992), and a former member of the interregional deputy group (1989â1991). ==biography== shchedrin was born in moscow into a musical familyâhis father was a composer and teacher of music theory. he studied at the moscow choral school and moscow conservatory (graduating in 1955) under yuri shaporin (composition) and yakov flier (piano). since 1958, he has been married to the great ballerina maya plisetskaya. shchedrin's early music is tonal, colourfully orchestrated and often includes snatches of folk music, while some later pieces use aleatoric and serial techniques. in the west the music of shchedrin has won popularity mainly through the work of mstislav rostropovich who has made several successful recordings. among his works are the ballets the little hump-backed horse (1955), carmen suite (1967), based on the opera carmen by georges bizet (the project had been turned down by both shostakovich and khachaturian), anna karenina (1971, on the novel by leo tolstoy), and lady with a lapdog (1985); the operas not only love (1961), and dead souls (1976, after nikolai gogol's novel); piano concertos, symphonies, chamber and piano music and other works. he composed 24 preludes and fugues after he heard those of shostakovich. also remarkable is his polyphonic notebook. he has written five concertos for orchestra: the first, variously translated as naughty limericks or mischievous folk ditties (neither of which completely get the gist of the russian which refers to a chastushka (ÑÐ°ÑÑÑÌÑÐºÐ°), an irreverent, satirical kind of folk song) is by far the best known, and was the work which first established him on the international stage.concerto for orchestra no. 1, "naughty limericks" kennedy center the second of the concertos for orchestra was subtitled zvony (the chimes), and was premiered by the new york philharmonic under leonard bernstein as one of the many commissions in honor of the orchestra's 125th anniversary. the third concerto for orchestra is based on old music of russian provincial circuses. concert
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