Background
He was born in Odessa and died in Tianjin, China.
He was born in Odessa and died in Tianjin, China.
At Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire (now Odessa State AVNezhdanova Music Academy) Krasotov made his studies in composition (Professor T Maljukova), piano (Professor B Charkovs"kyi) and musicology (Professor A Kogan) and graduated in 1959. From 1959 to 1969 he received master-courses from Professor Y.A. Fortunatov and Professor North.I. Peiko (Ivanovo, Moscow). In 1969 Krasotov received title Doctor of Arts.
At last he worked as Invited Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire of Music in Tianjin, China, where he was also giving master-courses.
He had many pupils in Ukraine and abroad. One of them is a Ukrainian composer Julia Gomelskaya.