1932 | born in Moscow on 16th December |
1945-1950 | Studied at the Moscow Choral School |
1950-1955 | Studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Yuri Shaporin (composition) and Yakov Flier (piano) |
1958 | Married to Maya Plisetskaya, the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre |
1960 | World première of the ballet "The Little Humpbacked Horse" in Moscow |
1961 | World première of the opera "Not Only Love" (first version) in Moscow |
1963 | World première of "Naughty Limericks" (1st concert for orchestra) at the Festival "Warsaw Autumn", conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky |
1964-1969 | Professor of composition at the Moscow Conservatory |
1967 | World première of the ballet "Carmen Suite" in Moscow |
1968 | Refused to sign an open letter which was to sanction the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops in Czechoslovakia
World première of "The Chimes" (2nd concert for orchestra) in New York, conductor Leonard Bernstein |
since 1969 | Free-lance composer |
1972 | World premièr
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