Background
Molchanov, Kirill was born on September 7, 1922 in Moscow.
Molchanov, Kirill was born on September 7, 1922 in Moscow.
Graduated from the Composition Class of the Moscow Conservatory, 1949. Pupil of A. N. Aleksandrov.
He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had fallen on the lead soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. More than 30, including:
Great is my Country Shyroka Strana Moya Rodnaya (1958)
lieutenant Happened in Penkovo «Дело было в Пенькове»(1957)
"Intractable" «Неподдающиеся»(1959)
* "Shore" «Увольнение на берег» (1962)
"Halt" «Полустанок»(1963)
We"ll Live Till Monday «Доживём до понедельника»(1968)
The Dawns Are Quiet Here «А зори здесь тихие»(1972). Ballets
Macbeth
Three Cards (Три карты).
Union of Soviet Composers.