Andrei Petrov
Overview
Russians
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and Soviet
Soviet Union
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. Andrey Petrov is known for his music for films such as I Step Through Moscow
I Step through Moscow
Walking the Streets of Moscow is a 1963 Soviet movie directed by Georgi Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm studios. It stars Nikita Mikhalkov, Alexei Loktev, Evgeniy Steblov and Galina Polskikh. The film also features cameos by four People's Artists of the USSR: Rolan Bykov, Vladimir Basov, Lev...
, Beware of the Car, and Office Romance.
A native of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
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(then Leningrad), Petrov was the son of a military doctor
Physician
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; his mother was an artist. He had little interest in music until, at fourteen, he saw The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz
The Great Waltz is a musical conceived by Hassard Short with a book by Moss Hart and lyrics by Desmond Carter, using themes by Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II. It is based on a pasticcio by Erich Wolfgang Korngold and Julius Bittner called Walzer aus Wien, first performed in Vienna in 1930...
; after this he decided to become a composer. He studied composition at the Leningrad Conservatory
Saint Petersburg Conservatory
The N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory is a music school in Saint Petersburg. In 2004, the conservatory had around 275 faculty members and 1,400 students.-History:...
under Orest Yevlakhov.
Petrov is known for his work in various genres; he wrote a number of opera
Opera
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s and ballet
Ballet
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s, as well as symphonic works, incidental
Incidental music
Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....
and film music, and various songs.
Quotations
Our eyes have seen the skies burning red,Angels singing, voices full of dread,We see the lies but never ask why?The seeds of sorrow the blood they cry.
"Deep Down Inside", Dream (album)|Dream.
I've seen this before yeah I've been there too,This aint for me..not what I want,I've loved honestly and it always hurts,Can't feel this no more..it's gotta be true.
"Not Gonna Fall", Dream (album)|Dream.
I knew you are,Just like an angel sent from above,In your embrace,You give me more than,I could ever dream of.
"You Bring Out the Best In Me", Gemilang|Gemilang, 2004