Background
Alexander Sukhanov was born May 25, 1952 in Saratov, Russia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Alexander Sukhanov was born May 25, 1952 in Saratov, Russia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
During childhood he studied music, graduating from music school as a violin major.
In 1974 Sukhanov earned an undergraduate degree (with honors) from the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Moscow State University. He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics from the same institution. He taught mathematics at Gagarin Air Force Academy.
Since 1981 he has worked at the computational methods laboratory at Moscow State University. In 1969 Sukhanov began writing music to his own lyrics, as well as to the poetry of Samuil Marshak, Iosif Utkin, Percy Shelley, Alexander Vertinsky, Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Rubtsov, and others
He gained wide success as a performer of his songs at concerts and festivals. Sukhanov composed scores for several plays, released a Melodia record as well several Civil Defense albums.
