Leonid Bobylev
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Bobylev graduated from the Moscow Conservatory
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory is a higher musical education institution in Moscow, and the second oldest conservatory in Russia after St. Petersburg Conservatory. Along with the St...
, where he studied composition with Mikhail Chulaki
Mikhail Chulaki
Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki was a Soviet composer and teacher.He studied under the composer Vladimir Shcherbachov at the Leningrad Conservatory, graduating in 1931. He held administrative and teaching positions, including at the Leningrad Conservatory and taught composition at the Moscow...
, a professor at the Moscow Conservatory.
Works
Bobylev has composed 5 operas, 8 concertos, a symphony, a symphonic poem "De profundis", 2 concerti grossi, 6 oratorios, chamber music for solo instruments and ensembles, and some music for theatre and motion pictures.Opera
- Gregory Melehov (1980, librettoLibrettoA libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
by A.Medvedev after Mikhail Sholokhov's novel "And Quiet Flows the Don", the concert audition of the fragments Moscow, 1988) - The Lost Hunt (1981, libretto by Tatiana Vershinina and Leonid Bobylev after prose by V. Astafiev, the concert audition Moscow, 1983)
- Who Invented the Soap Balloons? (1989, for children, libretto by O. Volozova);
- Hi, Alice! (1993, for the juniors, premiere Moscow; 1993)
- …With the Last Kissing… (1994, mono-opera, libretto by Leonid Bobylev after the novel Doctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakBoris PasternakBoris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian language poet, novelist, and literary translator. In his native Russia, Pasternak's anthology My Sister Life, is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language...
premiere MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 2001) - Playing Chehov (2000, libretto by Leonid Bobylev after Anton ChekhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
's stories)
Orchestra
- Miracles of the Forest, suite (1979)
- Symphony (1985)
- De Profundis, symphonic poem (premiere MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, 1992, recording on Broadcast Nord FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1993)
Concertante
- Concerto for viola and string orchestra (1970)
- Viennese Musical Box (Венская шкатулка), Concerto Grosso No.3 for violin, viola, piano and string orchestra (2007)