Background
Nikolay Petrovich Chaplygin was born on November 11, 1905, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Nikolay Petrovich Chaplygin
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Moscow Conservatory
Nikolay Petrovich Chaplygin was born on November 11, 1905, in Voronezh, Russian Federation.
Nikolay Petrovich studied at the Tambov School of Music (1920-1925, piano class S.M. Starikov). He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (1930, composition class of professors G.E. Konyus and N.S. Zhilyaev; 1931, conducting class of professor K.S. Sarajev).
Nikolay Petrovich was head of the musical department and methodologist of the All-Union House of Folk Art (1930-1934, 1939-1941). He worked as an artistic director of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Black Sea Fleet in 1942-1945. Nikolay Petrovich served as editor-in-chief of the Central Music Broadcasting of the All-Union Radio, head of the Main Directorate of Art Broadcasting, Deputy Chairman of the USSR State Radio and Television (1949-1972).
