Background
Sergey was born on March 18, 1872, in Moscow, Russia.
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Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko
composer, conductor, educator, public figure
Sergey was a composer, conductor, educator, public figure.
Education
He graduated from the Law Department of Moscow University (1895), the Moscow Conservatory (1901, the class of S.I. Taneev, M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov and V.V. Safonov).
Career
Educator (since 1906), professor (since 1907) of the Moscow Conservatory in the instrumentation and composition department, head of the department (1932-1941, 1943-1956). Head of the musical part of the Voronezh Free Theatre (1918-1919), where he was the author of music for the opera-ballet-drama production of Rus (November 1918). One of the organizers of music broadcasting (Moscow, 1925). He performed with concerts in Voronezh (1935).
Achievements
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Head of the musical part of the Voronezh Free Theatre (1918-1919). One of the organizers of music broadcasting (Moscow, 1925).
Ballets, operas, operettas, cantatas, symphonies, poems, music for dramatic plays and films and many other works, as well as books: "Instrumentation for the Symphony Orchestra" (Moscow, 1952-1959, volume 1-2), "Memoirs"(Moscow, 1979) and others.
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Born
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Died
March 11, 1956 (aged 83) -
Nationality
Russian
Official Titles
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People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1939) and the RSFSR (1940), Doctor of Arts (1943), The USSR State Prize Winner (1947).