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Viktor Sergeevich Kalinnikov (Composer)

Born: 2nd March 1870, Oryol Governorate, Russia

Died: 23rd February 1927, Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Nationality: Russian

Viktor Sergeevich Kalinnikov, also Victor was a Soviet choral composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was the younger brother of the better-known symphonic composer Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901).

He studied at the seminary in Oryol, then at the Moscow Philharmonic School, taking oboe and music theory. He played in various theatre orchestras, and taught singing at schools in Moscow. From 1899 to 1901 he headed the orchestra of the Moscow Art Theatre.

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