Agafonnikov - Symphony "In memory of Shebalin" (III)

Vladimir Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Television Symphony Orchestra Vladislav Agafonnikov (b.1936) Vladislav Agafonnikov was born in 1936 in Podolsk (near Moscow) into a family of musicians. As a boy he was a member of the famous boys' choir of the Moscow Choral School, directed by Prof. A. Sveshnikov. He entered the Moscow Conservatory in 1954 and was awarded diplomas in composition in 1959 (Prof. V. J. Shebalin) and piano in 1962 (Prof. J. I. Sak), with a further graduate diploma in composition in 1963. He is presently teaching at the Conservatory. Agafonnikov is also secretary of the board of the Soviet Composers' Union and has been a member of the European regional group of the International Music Council (ERG) since 1986.