Background
BOGATYRYOV, Semyon was born on February 15, 1890 in Khar’kov.
BOGATYRYOV, Semyon was born on February 15, 1890 in Khar’kov.
Began to study music at age 14. Played French horn in high-school orchestra. 1912 graduate Law Faculty, Khar’kov University.
1912-1915 studied at Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory under Professor Ya. Vitol, V. P. Kalafati and M. O. Shteynbcrg. 1914 wrote sonata for piano while studying at conservatory.
1916-1917 taught music theory at Petrograd Conservatory. 1917 moved to Khar’kov, where he composed and taught. 1934 entitled Honorary Professor of Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic.
1941 appointed director, Khar’kov Conservatory. 1942 managed House of People's Creative Work in Krasnoyarsk. Late 1942 - November 1943 instructor, Kiev Conservatory, which had been evacuated to Sverdlovsk.
1943-1960 professor, Moscow Conservatory. 1943-1948 assistant director, Moscow Conservatory. 1944-1948 head, Department of Composition.
1946 Honorary Art Worker of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. 1955 elected deputy, Moscow Oblast Soviet. His pupils included: O. M. Gordeli, Doctorate. Doctorate. Klebanov, East. Lazarev, North. G. Kolyada, V. North. Nakhabin, I. V. Sposobin, I. O. Dunayevskiy, Yu.
South. Meytus, South. F. Tsintsadze and A. Ya. Shtogarcnko (last four were Stalin Prizewinners).