Mikhail Chulaki

Mikhail Chulaki

Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki (Russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Чула́ки) (November 19 [O.S. November 6] 1908, Simferopol – January 29, 1989) was a Soviet composer and teacher.

He studied under the composer Vladimir Shcherbachov at the Leningrad Conservatory, graduating in 1931.[1] He held administrative and teaching positions, including at the Leningrad Conservatory (1933–41, 1944–48) and taught composition at the Moscow Conservatory (from 1948).[1] Before World War II he was artistic director of the Leningrad Philharmonic. From 1963-70 he worked as artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow.[2]

His son was the writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Chulaki.

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Ho/Feofanov (1989)
  2. ^ Wilson (2006), p.544
  • Ho, Allan & Feofanov, Dmitry. Biographical Dictionary of Russian/Soviet Composers. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989. ISBN 0-313-24485-5
  • Wilson, Elizabeth. Shostakovich: A Life Remembered. London: Faber & Faber, 2006. ISBN 0-571-22050-9

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