Re: Music for Flute
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 4:11 pm
Aleksey Fedorovich Kozlovsky. Born 1905, Kyiv : died 1977, Tashkent. Soviet / Russian composer, conductor and teacher. Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1944), and People’s Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1955).
Great-grandson of the Polish cellist Anton Szymanski. In 1923 he moved to Moscow, and studied with Yavorsky at the First State Music College founded by him. In 1931 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire after studies in composition with Myaskovsky, counterpoint with Zhilayev, and instrumentation with Vasilenko.
As a conductor he studied with V Suk, and then a further three years with Hessin. From 1931-1933, was the conductor of the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre. In 1936 he was exiled for 3 years to Tashkent, where he became interested in the culture of the East and remained in Tashkent until the end of his life.
From 1938-1941, the conductor of the Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater, and from 1949-1963, was the chief conductor and artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Uzbek Philharmonic. From 1943 he taught at the Tashkent Conservatoire (from 1957, professor in composition and conducting classes, in 1949-1954 and from 1962 head of the composition department, and from 1972 on instrumentation.
Great-grandson of the Polish cellist Anton Szymanski. In 1923 he moved to Moscow, and studied with Yavorsky at the First State Music College founded by him. In 1931 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatoire after studies in composition with Myaskovsky, counterpoint with Zhilayev, and instrumentation with Vasilenko.
As a conductor he studied with V Suk, and then a further three years with Hessin. From 1931-1933, was the conductor of the Stanislavsky Opera Theatre. In 1936 he was exiled for 3 years to Tashkent, where he became interested in the culture of the East and remained in Tashkent until the end of his life.
From 1938-1941, the conductor of the Uzbek Opera and Ballet Theater, and from 1949-1963, was the chief conductor and artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Uzbek Philharmonic. From 1943 he taught at the Tashkent Conservatoire (from 1957, professor in composition and conducting classes, in 1949-1954 and from 1962 head of the composition department, and from 1972 on instrumentation.