Vladimir Tarnopolsky
Vladimir Grigoryevich Tarnopolsky (, born April 30, 1955 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian composer. Biography. Tarnopolsky studied composition at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Sidelnikov and Edison Denisov and music theory with Yuri Kholopov. He graduated from the conservatory in 1978, and completed post-graduate studies in 1980. Later he became professor of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990 he became a member of ACM - Association for Contemporary Music. When the association split in two parts, Tarnopolsky became a leader of a splinter group called CCMM - "Centre for Contemporary Music, Moscow" based on the Moscow Conservatory. He also  ran the ensemble "Studio of New Music". Tarnopolsky is one of the main participants and organizers of the "rccr-projects" founded by Valery Gergiev. According to the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation Tarnopolsky is one of the leading representatives of the "soft-power"-politics of Russia. He wrote operas, one symphony, concertos, orchestral works, chamber and vocal music.