Background
Eshpai, Andrei was born on May 15, 1925 in Kosmodemiansk. Son of the composer and folklorist la.
Eshpai, Andrei was born on May 15, 1925 in Kosmodemiansk. Son of the composer and folklorist la.
Pupil of V. Listova. Graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages, 1944. Studied piano and composition. Pupil of N. Rakov, N. Miaskovskii, (composition) and V. Sofronitskii (piano).
Pupil of A. Khachaturian.
Angara (ballet), Lenin is with us (cantata); 3 symphonies; 2 concertos for piano and orchestra; concerto for violin and orchestra; also film music and songs; RSFSR People's Artist 1975; USSR State Eshpai. Entered the Gnesin Music School for Children. Began to compose early. Entered the Chkalov Machine Gun School, 1943.
Sent as interpreter to the 1st Belorussian front. In Red Army Military Intelligence in Poland and Germany. After the war, accepted into the Music School of the Moscow Conservatory.
Entered the Moscow Conservatory, 1948. While a student, took part in folkloristic expenditions in the Volga district. Accepted for postgraduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory, 1953.
Taught composition at the Conservatory, 1965-1970. First Secretary of the Union of Composers of the RSFSR, 1973-1978.