Alfred Schnittke

Sound

Born November 24, 1934 · Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]

Died August 3, 1998

Also known as Alfred Shnitke · Alfred Shnittke · Alfred Snitke

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Biography

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."

Awards & recognition

Austrian Decoration — Science and Art · 1995
State Prize of the Russian Federation · 1995
Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg · 1992
Praemium Imperiale · 1992
N.K. Krupskaya's state award · 1986

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Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany