Vyacheslav Nagovitsin
Vyacheslav Lavrent'yevich Nagovitsin was a Russian composer. He was a student of Dmitri Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory and he graduated in 1966. In 1963–1964 he worked in Ulan-Ude Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1966–1970 he was a lecturer at the Mussorgsky Music School in Leningrad. In 1968–1970 he also worked as the music director of the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Since 1970 he became a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He orchestrated two unfinished operas of Modest Mussorgsky: Zhenitba and Salammbô. His orchestration of Salammbô was used by Valery Gergiev at the Mérida festival in 1991.
Nagovitsin died on 20 June 2023, at the age of 83.
Selected works
- Violin concerto, opus 21
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
- Sonata for Flute and Piano
- Ballad for Ukraine