Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov


Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov was a Soviet and Russian composer.
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Biography

He began composing at age 9 and entered the Moscow Conservatory at 15. Later he studied with Tikhon Khrennikov and Leo Ginzburg. He composed symphonies, symphonic poems, as well as works for chamber orchestra, small ensembles and solo instruments.
Outside his native country he is best known as a composer of music for such films as War and Peace, the 1966–67 film directed by Sergei Bondarchuk, Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev for Andrei Tarkovsky. He has composed for some 40 films in total. Tarkovsky is said to have been so impressed by Ovchinnikov that he stated: "I cannot imagine a better composer for myself than Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov."
Ovchinnikov also had a successful career as a touring conductor from the 1970s. He has recorded for Melodiya, the Russian record company. His Symphony No. 2 was released on the Melodiya label.
Ovchinnikov was named a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1986. For the 60th birthday of Queen Sirikit of Thailand, he was commissioned to compose The Bouquet for the Queen. For that work he was awarded the Order of the White Elephant. He was also a professor at the University of Kansas from 1990 to 1991.

Compositions

Orchestral

  • 1955-57: Symphony No. 1
  • 1955-57: Six Symphonic Suites
  • 1956: Symphony No. 2, Yuri Gagarin
  • 1964: Symphony No. 3
  • 1986: Symphony No. 4 for Chorus and Orchestra
  • 1991: Symphony No. 5

Opera

Ballet

For piano

  • Suite No. 1
  • Suite No. 2

Choral music

  • 2015: Elegy in Memory of Rachmaninoff, for Soprano, Chorus, and Orchestra
  • There is Sky Lighted Edge, for a-capella Chorus
  • Vocaliz, for a-capella Chorus
  • Little Ballade, for a-capella Chorus
  • Singing for You, for a-capella Chorus
  • Be Famed, Native Land, for Chorus and Orchestra
  • Wind brought from Afar, for a-capella Chorus
  • Autumnal, for Chorus

Cantata

Song-Ballade about BAM Builders, for Orchestra, Symphony, and Bass soloist

Oratorio

Seasons, for Orchestra, Symphony, and SATB soloists Sergei Radonezhsky, for Orchestra, Symphony, AB soloists

Accompaniment Music

  • 1973: Scene of Action -- Russia 2001
  • ''Full Turn Around''

Arrangements

Filmography

The Steamroller and the Violin The Boy and the Dove Ivan's Childhood The First Teacher War and Peace Andrei Rublev A Long Happy Life A Nest of Gentry A Soldier Came Back from the Front Arsenal That Sweet Word: Liberty! Earth Zvenigora They Fought for Their Country The Steppe