Leonid Vainshtein


Leonid Moiseevich Vainshtein was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, as well as Honored Artist of Azerbaijan of Jewish background.

Biography

Leonid Vainshtein was born on April 20, 1945, to Moisey Vainshtein and Olga. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Conservatory in 1968 in the class of Gara Garayev. He worked as a docent at the composition departments of the Azerbaijan State Conservatory and the Azerbaijan National Conservatory Music College, and also as a music composer at the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theater. He preferred theater-stage and symphonic music.
His main works include ballet "Inspiration", rock opera "White Sun of the Desert", children's operas "Puss in Boots", "Cinderella", 6 symphonies for large symphony orchestra, Violin Concerto, Concerto for string orchestra, string quartet; "Memorial" triptych for organ, "Azerbaijan-60" cantata for BSO with mixed choir; oratorio "I want to return to the sea" for soloist, male choir and BSO, vocal series "Sea, sky and love", music for theater, movies, variety plays, romances and songs. One of his last works, "Your spring will come to Azerbaijan!" was a romance.
Leonid Weinstein died in 1994 in Baku. He was married to Bayaz Vainshtein, sister of Abdurrahman Vazirov, with whom he had a son called Timur. He was Harry Kasparov's uncle.

Filmography

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  • Gəmi saatının sirri
  • On yeddi yaşlı oğlan
  • Gənc qadının kişisi
  • Kürən
  • Yaramaz kral
  • Şahzadə qız
  • Ad günü
  • Dostuma məktub
  • Unudulmuş qəhrəman
  • Həqiqətin özü