Oleksandr Krasotov
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Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Krasotov or Alexander Alexandrovich Krasotov (Олександр Олександрович Красотов), (5 May 1936 in Odessa
- 5 October 2007 in Tianjin, China) was emerited Ukrainian
composer and laureate
of many national and international prizes.
(Professor A. Kogan) and graduated in 1959. From 1959 to 1969 he received master-courses from Professor Y.A. Fortunatov and Professor N.I. Peiko (Ivanovo, Moscow). In 1969 Krasotov received title Doctor of Arts
. At last he worked as Invited Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire of Music in Tianjin
, China, where he was also giving master-courses. He had many pupils in Ukraine and abroad. One of them is a Ukrainian composer Julia Gomelskaya.
and opera
s, musical
s and theater music, oratories
, cantatas, chamber music, jazz music and songs. He has participated in various national and international competitions where his works have been honoured with many prizes:
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
- 5 October 2007 in Tianjin, China) was emerited Ukrainian
Ukraine
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composer and laureate
Laureate
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of many national and international prizes.
Education
At Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire (now Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Music Academy) Krasotov made his studies in composition (Professor T. Maljukova), piano (Professor B. Charkovs'kyi) and musicologyMusicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
(Professor A. Kogan) and graduated in 1959. From 1959 to 1969 he received master-courses from Professor Y.A. Fortunatov and Professor N.I. Peiko (Ivanovo, Moscow). In 1969 Krasotov received title Doctor of Arts
Doctor of Arts
The Doctor of Arts is a discipline-based terminal doctoral degree that was originally conceived and designed to be an alternative to the traditional research-based Doctor of Philosophy and the education-based Doctor of Education . Like other doctorates, the D.A. is an academic degree of the...
. At last he worked as Invited Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire of Music in Tianjin
Tianjin
' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, China, where he was also giving master-courses. He had many pupils in Ukraine and abroad. One of them is a Ukrainian composer Julia Gomelskaya.
Works
A versatile composer, Oleksandr Krasotov's works comprise symphoniesSymphony
A symphony is an extended musical composition in Western classical music, scored almost always for orchestra. A symphony usually contains at least one movement or episode composed according to the sonata principle...
and 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, musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
s and theater music, oratories
Oratory
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, cantatas, chamber music, jazz music and songs. He has participated in various national and international competitions where his works have been honoured with many prizes:
- 1967 he was Laureate of the Regional E. E. Bagryts'kyi Prize
- 1967, 1971, 1983: All-Ukrainian Competition in KievKievKiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
- International competitions (Berlin, 1973; Tokio, 1992)
- Honoured in Art of Ukraine (1987).