Alexander Kolker
Alexander Naumovich Kolker was a Soviet and Russian composer and Honored Artist of the RSFSR, awarded in 1981.
Biography
Alexander Naumovich Kolker was born in Leningrad. He was evacuated from the city in 1942 and returned in 1944.Since 1958 Alexander Kolker has worked as a professional composer.
He published a book of memoirs "The elevator does not lift you down" in 1998.
Alexander Kolker was married to singer Maria Pakhomenko until her death in 2013. Kolker died in Saint Petersburg on 1 August 2023, a few days after his 90th birthday.
Filmography
- 1966 – We Fly to the Ocean
- 1966 – White Night
- 1967 – Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin
- 1968 – Songs Address - Youth
- 1969 – Tomorrow, on [April 3rd...]
- 1969 – Singing Guitars
- 1970 – And People Need a Song So...
- 1970 – Magic Power
- 1971 – Shadowboxing
- 1971 – Singing by Maria Pakhomenko
- 1972 – The Last Days of Pompeii
- 1974 – Krechinsky's Wedding
- 1975 – Love Will Remain
- 1976 – Truffaldino from Bergamo
- 1978 – Leaving Go Away
- 1979 – Travel to Another City
- 1979 – Three Men in a Boat
- 1980 – Two-voice Melody
- 1981 – Three Short Stories about Love
- 1981 – Two Voices
- 1982 – No One Can Replace You
- 1989 – ''Death of Tarelkin''
Awards and honours
Kolker is Honored Artist of the RSFSR and winner of the Lenin Komsomol Prize.He was awarded the Musical Heart of the Theater Award.
Kolker became a Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Karelia in 2009.