Evgeniy Shiryaev | |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Birthname: | Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Shiryaev |
Birth Date: | 23 September 1943 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Soviet Union |
Death Place: | Odintsovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Occupation: | Composer |
Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Shiryaev (ru|Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Ширя́ев; 23 September 1943 – 2 November 2023[1]) was a Soviet and Russian composer, author of music for more than 100 films, instrumental concerts, operas, ballets and vocal works.[2]
Shiryaev graduated from the Oryol College of Music.[3] He worked as a conductor in the Tashkent variety orchestra[4] and was the first musical director of the band "Yalla". Songs by Evgeniy Shiryaev were performed by Sofia Rotaru, Mikhail Boyarsky, Masha Rasputina and others.[2]