Background
He was born on 15 January 1911 in Uralsk. He died on 2 June 1988.
He was born on 15 January 1911 in Uralsk. He died on 2 June 1988.
Moscow Conservatory.
Cihanov wrote eight operas (notably Altınçäç and Cälil), three ballets, 15 symphonies, other symphonic works (Qırlay, Suite on Tatar Themes, Näfisä, Symphonic novellas, and Symphonic Songs among them), the cantata Republic of Mine (1960), camera-instrumental compositions, and romances and songs. He was made professor in 1953. Kazan Conservatory was renamed in his honor in 2000.
In his capacity as statesman, he served as a deputy in the Supreme Soviet of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1951–1959), the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1963–1967, 1977–1988), and indeed the Soviet Union (1966–1970).
Granted the titles of People"s Artist of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1957) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1981), Cihanov served as artistic leader of the Tatar Opera and Ballet from 1941 to 1943, chairman of Tatarstan"s Composers Union from 1939 to 1977, and rector of Kazan Conservatory from 1945 to 1988.
Union of Soviet Composers.
