Shaposhnikov, Adrian Grigor'yevich
(1887–1967)
Shaposhnikov [Shápuhshneekuhff] (Schaposhnikov), Adrian Grigor'yevich (5–29/6–9–1887[1888], P.; 6–22–1967, M.). Grad. 1909 from the P. Technological Institute, where he studied comp. with Kalafati, and 1913 from the P. Cons., where his teachers incl. N. Cherepnin, Glazunov, N. Sokolov, and Vītols. In 1937 settled in Turkmenia and became one of the founders of professional music in that region. Comp. the first Turkmenian opera, Zokhre and Takhir. Works: Sort…