Mark Minkov
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, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian music composer. His music featured in a number of opera
s, ballet
s, stage performances and film
s
He is known for the original music to more than a hundred cinema
and television films, including Sledstvie vedut znatoki
(1985), We Are from Jazz
(1983), Neznayka s nashego dvora (1983) and the In port animated film.
His awards included a Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia Federation, Laureate Awards of the All-Union
and International composer contests.
He's the President of Russian Cinematic Composers Guild. Acting member of the Russian Cinematic Academy Nika Award
, member of the Composers Union (1970), member of the Cinematographers Union (1981).
Golden Pushkin Medal (1999) for "his contribution to the development, preservation and multiplication of the national culture traditions, help and support of the creative intelligentsia
, development and forming of the newer styles and directions in culture".
Song by Mark Minkov based on the lyrics Invisible struggle ( - If somebody, somewhere among us, sometimes...) by Anatoly Gorokhov features in almost all series. It became an unofficial hymn
of the Soviet Militia. In 2001 he was awarded the MVD Russian Interior Ministry award for the music theme to the Sledstvie vedut znatoki.
In 2003 he became an Honoured Artist of Russia.
Moscow
Moscow 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...
, USSR) is a Soviet/Russian music composer. His music featured in a number of opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
s, ballet
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...
s, stage performances and film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
s
He is known for the original music to more than a hundred cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television films, including Sledstvie vedut znatoki
Sledstvie vedut znatoki
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi, or Investigation Held by Experts was a popular 1971-1989 Soviet detective TV-series with two Russian series...
(1985), We Are from Jazz
We Are from Jazz
- Plot :A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time is a kind of music that represents USA capitalism...
(1983), Neznayka s nashego dvora (1983) and the In port animated film.
His awards included a Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia Federation, Laureate Awards of the All-Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
and International composer contests.
He's the President of Russian Cinematic Composers Guild. Acting member of the Russian Cinematic Academy Nika Award
Nika Award
The Nika Award is a prestigious annual ceremony held by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences which was established in 1987 in Moscow, Russia by Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the Academy Awards . Russian Academy Award takes its name from Nike, the goddess of victory...
, member of the Composers Union (1970), member of the Cinematographers Union (1981).
Golden Pushkin Medal (1999) for "his contribution to the development, preservation and multiplication of the national culture traditions, help and support of the creative intelligentsia
Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a social class of people engaged in complex, mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them...
, development and forming of the newer styles and directions in culture".
Song by Mark Minkov based on the lyrics Invisible struggle ( - If somebody, somewhere among us, sometimes...) by Anatoly Gorokhov features in almost all series. It became an unofficial hymn
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
of the Soviet Militia. In 2001 he was awarded the MVD Russian Interior Ministry award for the music theme to the Sledstvie vedut znatoki.
In 2003 he became an Honoured Artist of Russia.