Background
Sviridov, Georgii was born on December 16, 1915 in Fatezh, near Kursk.
Sviridov, Georgii was born on December 16, 1915 in Fatezh, near Kursk.
In 1941, graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory composition class under P. Riazanov and Dmitrii Shostakovich. 1962-1974, Secretary of the Union of Composers. Wrote musical compositions for poems by Sergei Esenin and Boris Pasternak, also composed music for films and theatre plays.
