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- Birth nameEduard Nikolaevich Artemev
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- Eduard Artemev
- Eduard Artemyev is a Soviet and Russian composer. He is widely known as the author of music for films by Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrey Konchalovskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov.
Artemyev was born in Novosibirsk. He received his primary musical education at the Moscow Choir School. Later in 1960 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. Artemyev became widely known for his work in the cinema. He has composed music for over 150 feature films, documentaries and animated films.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseIsolda Alekseevna Artemyeva(? - 2019) (her death, 1 child)
- Father of Artyom Artemev.
- In 2017 he was awarded the Shostakovich Prize for his Contribution to the Development of World Musical Culture.
- In 1988 he was made an Honorary Citizen of Baltimore, MD (USA).
- Artemiev's music for films was recorded on the album "Territory of Love" (1998).
- His melody--the main theme--from [xxxxxx], arranged by Igor Matvienko--was played at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Olympics. At the closing ceremony, his music from Stalker (1979) was used.
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