Zhurbin, Aleksandr Borisovich

Zhurbin [Zhurbéen], Aleksandr Borisovich (8–7–1945, Tashkent). Grad. 1968 as a cellist from the Tashkent Cons., then studied comp. with Peiko at the Gnesin Institute. Following grad. in 1969, did post-grad. work in musicology with Kon at the L. Cons. (1973). Is strongly attracted to stage music and greatly admires the music of Mahler, which he has researched as a musicologist. Like Mahler, often synthesizes a variety of styles, esp. contemporary light and pop music with academic forms (as in…