Background
Glière was born on January 11, 1875 in Kiev, Ukraine. He was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier and Józefa (Josephine) Korczak.
Glière was born on January 11, 1875 in Kiev, Ukraine. He was the second son of the wind instrument maker Ernst Moritz Glier and Józefa (Josephine) Korczak.
He studied at Kiev school of music in 1891.
Then Glière entered the Moscow Conservatory. He graduated in 1900.
Gliere was director of the Kiev Conservatory (1914 - 1920), then taught composition at Moscow Conservatory until 1942. In 1938 he became president of the Union of Soviet Composers.
Glière achieved a high status in the Soviet musical world after the Russian Revolution, largely because of his interest in national styles. He organized workers’ concerts and directed committees of the Moscow Union of Composers and Union of Soviet Composers.
At the end of the 20th century, Glière’s music was principally performed in countries formerly of the Soviet Union, although his ballet Krasny mak (1927; The Red Poppy) won wider international popularity for a time. Also well regarded were the ballet Medny vsadnik (1949; The Bronze Horseman) and his Symphony No. 3 (1909–11; Ilya Muromets).
Gliere's best known works include the symphony Ilya Murometz (1910), the ballet The Red Poppy (1927), and his opera Shah-senem (1925) on an Azerbaijanian theme. He collected the folk music of the Caucasian and other Soviet peoples and wrote many songs and piano pieces in addition to his larger works.
father
Ernst Moritz Glier
