Sviridov, Georgy Vasil'yevich

Sviridov [Sveeréeduhff], Georgy (Yury) Vasil'yevich (12–16–1915, Fatezh, near Kursk). At the age of 14 Sviridov began piano lessons and general music studies in Kursk (1929–32), before studying composition with M. Yudin at the Central Music Technicum in L. (1932–36). He then entered the L. Cons., studying orchestration and composition with Shostakovich from 1937 until his graduation in 1941. Sviridov lived in Novosibirsk during the war, then began a concert career as a pianist. His first great…