Victor Lebedev Explained

Victor Mikhailovich Lebedev (5 January 1935 – 11 March 2021) was a Russian composer (Heavenly Swallows, Be My Husband, Gardes-Marines, Ahead!). He was born in Leningrad, USSR. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 2005.[1] [2]

In 1968, he composed an opera of Aleksandr Volkov's The Wizard of the Emerald City, a Russian retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on a libretto by William Roshchin and Vladimir Uflyand.

Author of music for 106 Russian films. Member of the Guild of Composers of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.

He was married three times. Second marriage with ballerina and actress Natalya Sedykh.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021-03-11. Умер автор музыки к "Гардемаринам" Виктор Лебедев. 2021-03-12. РИА Новости. ru.
  2. Web site: Умер автор музыки к фильму "Гардемарины, вперед!" Виктор Лебедев. 2021-03-12. Ведомости. 11 March 2021 . ru.
  3. http://gazeta.aif.ru/online/tv/151/tg02_01 Наталья Седых: «Я готова к безумной любви»