Alexander Grigoryevitch Fridlender (; 2/15 July 1906 – 13 September 1980) was a Soviet composer, pianist and conductor, as well as professor at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire.
Life Fridlender was born in Saint Petersburg. He studied at the Leningrad Central Music College (1925–1929) and graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in 1933.
He then worked as the conductor of the Voronezh Radio Symphony Orchestra (1934–1935) and the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater (1936). Afterwards he moved to Sverdlovsk and spent the rest of his life there.
Fridlender conducted Sverdlovsk State Symphony Orchestra (1939–1941, 1947–1974) and the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1943–1947).
He taught at the Urals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire.
He composed several operas, instrumental music such as suites, music for plays, songs.
Selected compositions 1941: The Mountain Fairy Tale (), a ballet based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain". 1944: The Stone Flower, a ballet based on the story of the same name. 1958: Without a Dowry (), a ballet based on the play of the same name. 1962: Snow (), a ballet 1966: Zoya (), a choreographic poem 1967: Petersburgers (), an opera based on the poem by Olga Bergholz. 1970: The Cake in the Sky (), a comedy opera based on the story by Gianni Rodari La torta in cielo. 1977: Lieutenant Lermontov (), a choreographic poem
References
External links List of compositions