Native Name: | Алекса́ндр Ко́лкер |
Birth Name: | Alexander Naumovich Kolker |
Birth Date: | 1933 7, df=y |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Nationality: | Russian |
Education: | Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University |
Occupation: | Music composer |
Years Active: | 1958–2023 |
Alexander Naumovich Kolker (Russian: Алекса́ндр Нау́мович Ко́лкер; 28 July 1933 – 1 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian composer[1] and Honored Artist of the RSFSR, awarded in 1981.[2]
Alexander Kolker was married to singer Maria Pakhomenko until her death in 2013.[3] Kolker died in Saint Petersburg on 1 August 2023, a few days after his 90th birthday.[4] [5]