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Yuri Shaporin

Soviet composer and conductor (1887–1966).

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Lived79 years1887–1966

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Yuri Shaporin was a Soviet composer and conductor. Born on 27 October 1887 in Hlukhiv, Shaporin died on 9 December 1966 in Moscow at the age of 79.

Shaporin studied at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University. Honours include Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, Stalin Prize and Order of Lenin, among 12 recorded.

With a Wikipedia article in 21 languages, Yuri Shaporin is No. 88,296 in the People and Position Index.

Born
27 October 1887, Hlukhiv
Died
9 December 1966, Moscow (aged 79)
Country
Russian Empire
Known as
Composer, conductor, university teacher
Field
Music
Education
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Law, Saint Petersburg State University
Genres
Opera
Languages
Russian
Wikipedia editions
21

Did you know

79

Lived to 79.

27 Oct

Shares a birthday with Theodore Roosevelt and James Cook.

6

One of 6 people in the Index born in Hlukhiv, with Dmytro Bortnianskyi.

21

Has a Wikipedia article in 21 languages.

Computed from the Index and Wikidata.

Connections

Yuri Shaporin
  • SpouseLyubov Shaporina

Honours and works

Awards

  • Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR1966
  • Stalin Prize
  • Order of Lenin
  • People's Artist of the USSR
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • Order of the Red Star
  • Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • People's Artist of the RSFSR
  • Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
  • Stalin Prize, 2nd degree

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