In the history of music, Tikhon Khrennikov is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Tikhon Khrennikov as Russian Soviet composer (1913-2007).
Tikhon Khrennikov was born at Yelets in 1913. His recorded nationality is Russia. He trained at Moscow Conservatory and Gnessin State Musical College.
Recording arrived in this generation and changed everything: a performance could now outlive the performer.
He worked as composer, choreographer and musicologist.
The instruments recorded are piano.
His work is classed as opera, symphony and concerto.
He performed with Union of Soviet Composers and Academy of Arts of the GDR.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Recognition followed: Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize (1967), Order of Lenin (1963) and Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".
That the work came out of Russia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Tikhon Khrennikov died in 2007, aged 94. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Stalin Prize
- USSR State Prize — 1967
- Order of Lenin — 1963
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Order of Honour — 1998
- Instruments: piano
- Genres: opera, symphony and concerto
