Yakov Andreyevich Eshpai
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Yakov Andreyevich Eshpay was a Russian
composer and music teacher. He studied under Georgi Conus
at the Moscow Conservatory
. He was ethnic Mari. He is partly noted for his work concerning the folk music of the Mari people. He was the father of the better-known composer Andrei Eshpai
, and the grandfather of the filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai
.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
composer and music teacher. He studied under Georgi Conus
Georgi Conus
Georgi Eduardovich Conus was a Russian composer. He was the eldest of the three Conus brothers, of whom the others were Julius and Lev.He had a marked influence upon such students as Alexander Scriabin and Reinhold Glière. For a time, much was expected of Georgi as a composer...
at 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...
. He was ethnic Mari. He is partly noted for his work concerning the folk music of the Mari people. He was the father of the better-known composer Andrei Eshpai
Andrei Eshpai
Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai is an ethnic Mari composer.Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari El. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev...
, and the grandfather of the filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai
Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai
Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai is a film director, screenwriter and producer of Mari descent.He is the son of the composer Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai, and the grandson of the composer Yakov Andreyevich Eshpai. He has got a wife — actress Yevgeniya Simonova...
.