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Bolshoi Theatre, New Stage , Moscow
31 Jan 2026, Sat
Composer:
Boris Asafyev
Cast:
Bolshoi Ballet
, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Ballet
Bolshoi Theatre, New Stage , Moscow
31 Jan 2026, Sat
Cast:
Bolshoi Ballet
, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
About
Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev, PAU was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symphony. He was born in St. Petersburg.
Asafyev had a strong influence on Soviet music. His compositions include ballets, operas, symphonies, concertos and chamber music. His ballets include Flames of Paris, based on the French Revolution, and The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, which was first performed in 1934, and was performed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 2006.
His writings, under the name Igor Glebov, include The Book about Stravinsky and Glinka (for which he was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1948).
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