Titles by: SERGEI SLONIMSKY
SERGEI SLONIMSKY
Sergei Slonimsky was born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on the 12th of August 1932 into the family of the Russian author Mikhail Slonimsky. The artistic environment of his father and the rich cultural life of Leningrad made a lasting effect on Sergei Slonimsky's development into an artist. Starting very early on, Sergei Slonimsky took private lessons in composition from V. Schebalin and Prof. B. Arapov. From 1950-1955, Slonimsky studied composition and piano at the conservatory in his hometown and finally graduated in 1958 as a musicologist. Just one year later, Slonimsky was asked to teach at his Alma Mater, where he has taught composition until today. In 1976, he was appointed as a professor. Slonimsky is also the author of over 200 works for children and young people. Some of the people who have interpreted his music include the conductors: Jury Temirkanov, Valeri Gergiew, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Arwid Jansons, Kirill Kondraschin, Vladimir Sinaisky, Mikhail Jurowski, Jeffry Meyer, Jan Krein, and Vladimir Jurowski. Slonimsky has been recognized for his work in music and his commitment to education multiple times: he is a member of the Russian Academy for Education, Russia's merited artist (1987), prize winner of the Glinka award, and the national award of the Russian Federation (2002), an honored citizen of St Petersburg (1996) and winner of the Commander's Cross Medal of Poland (2003).