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Andrei Eshpai
Person · male · Soviet Union · Kozmodemyansk · born 1925 · died 2015 · recording since 1994
Soviet and Russian composer (1925—2015)
Also known as Andrei Ešpai · Андрей Эшпай · Andrei Eshpai · Andrei Eshpay · Andrei Jakowlewitsch Eschpai · Andrey Eshpai · +3 more
Timeline
13 events✦ Award 5▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1† Death 1
1920s
1970s
1980s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 5
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Andrei Eshpai Edition, Volume 1: Symphonic Dances on Mari Themes / Violin Concerto no. 4 / Symphony no. 2
Album
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· Album
Album: Andrei Eshpai Edition, Volume 2: Concerto for Orchestra / Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra / Symphony no. 7
Album
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2000s
· Album
Album: Andrei Eshpai Edition, Volume 4: "A Circle" - Apocalypse (All-Union TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra feat conductor: Emin Khachaturian)
Album
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2010s
Biography
English biography321 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372326927
Biography
Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai (15 May 1925 – 8 November 2015) was a Soviet composer. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1981.
Biography
Eshpai was born at Kozmodemyansk, Mari ASSR, Russian SFSR to a Mari father and Russian mother. A Red Army World War II veteran, he studied piano at Moscow Conservatory from 1948 to 1953 under Vladimir Sofronitsky, and composition under Nikolai Rakov, Nikolai Myaskovsky and Evgeny Golubev. He performed his postgraduate study under Aram Khachaturian from 1953 to 1956.
Eshpai was the son of the composer Yakov Eshpai, and the father of the filmmaker Andrei Andreyevich Eshpai.
On 8 November 2015, Eshpai died in Moscow from a stroke at the age of 90.
Stage
Nobody Is Happier Than Me, operetta (1968–1969); libretto by V. Konstantinov and B. Ratser
Love Is Forbidden, musical (1973)
Angara, ballet (1974–1975)
A Circle, ballet (1979–1980)
Orchestral
Symphonic Dances on Mari Themes (1951)
Symphony no. 1 in E♭ minor (1959)
Symphony no. 2 in A major "Praise the Light" (1962)
Symphony no. 3 (1964)
Symphony no. 4 "Symphony-Ballet" (1980–1981)
Simon Bolivar, Symphonic Poem (1982)
Symphony No. 5 (1985)
Symphony No. 6 "Liturgic" for mixed chorus, baritone (or bass) and symphony orchestra (1988)
Symphony No. 7 (1991)
Games (1997)
Symphony No. 8 (2000–2001)
Symphony No. 9 "Four Verses" for symphony orchestra, mixed chorus and narrators (1998–1999)
Concertante
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor (1954)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (1956)
Concerto Grosso, Concerto for orchestra with solo trumpet, piano, vibraphone and double bass (1966–1967)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1972)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1977)
Viola Concerto (1987)
Cello Concerto (1989)
Clarinet Concerto (1995)
Flute Concerto (1992)
Violin Concerto No. 3 "Bartok Concerto" (1990–1992)
Violin Concerto No. 4 (1993)
Oboe Concerto (1982)
Concerto for trumpet, trombone and orchestra (1994–1995)
Double Bass Concerto (1994–1995)
Horn Concerto in F major (1995)
Tuba Concerto (2001)
Bassoon Concerto Opus Singularis (2001)
Other
3 violin sonatas
piano compositions
songs
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 35 | 99.8th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 5 studio albums)
Albums · 5
Symphony no. 4 / Symphony no. 5
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:02:13
1Symphony no. 4, “Symphony-Ballet”36:492Symphony no. 525:241994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:09:39
1Concerto for Viola and Orchestra20:412Violin Concerto no. 219:483Piano Concerto no. 215:554Concerto Grosso13:151998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 54:55
1Symphonic Dances on Mari Themes11:312Violin Concerto no. 416:183Symphony no. 2 "Praise to Light": I. Allegro molto agitato10:044Symphony no. 2 "Praise to Light": II. Andante dolente17:021999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:02:48
1Concerto for Orchestra With Solo Trumpet, Piano, Vibraphone and Double-Bass (Concerto Grosso)13:222Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: I. Allegro5:553Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: II. Andante4:244Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: III. Finale5:485Symphony no. 733:192000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:10:43
1A Circle - Apocalypse, Ballet in Two Acts: Act I. Prologue and Episodes 1-214:222A Circle - Apocalypse, Ballet in Two Acts: Act I. Episodes 3-621:123A Circle - Apocalypse, Ballet in Two Acts: Act II. Episodes 7-1020:154A Circle - Apocalypse, Ballet in Two Acts: Act II. Episodes 11-12 and Epilogue14:54
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Andrei Eshpai head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 22 | 83.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 5 | 84.6th |
| Awards recorded | 35 | 99.8th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 6 | 19.5th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | USSR State Prize | won | |
| 1981 | People's Artist of the USSR | won | |
| 1985 | Order of Lenin | won | |
| 1985 | Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class | won | |
| 1995 | Moscow Prize for Literature and the Arts | won | |
| — | Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" | won | |
| — | Government Prize of the Russian Federation | won | |
| — | Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Lenin Prize | won | |
| — | Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" | won | |
| — | Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" | won | |
| — | Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | won | |
| — | Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" | won | |
| — | Medal "Veteran of Labour" | won | |
| — | Medal for Warsaw 1939-1945 | won | |
| — | Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class | won | |
| — | Order of Friendship | won | |
| — | Order of the Badge of Honour | won | |
| — | Order of the Red Banner of Labour | won | |
| — | Order of the Red Star | won | |
| — | People's Artist of the RSFSR | won | |
| — | Q4335875 | won | |
| — | Zhukov Medal | won |
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Wikidata: Q502147 · MusicBrainz: f16b4bfe-be6d-4f9e-a89b-4e7e97aaf2c6
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