Anatoly Nikolayevich Dokumentov (

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: Анато́лий Никола́евич Докуме́нтов, (19 December 1937) is a

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and

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Biography

Dokumentov was born in

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in doctor's family. At the age of 5 he started learning the piano and at the age of 14 he entered the Central Musical School attached to

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(). He studied piano with Elena Petrovna Hoven (pupil of Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser) and composition with professor

Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (; 29 May 1963) was a USSR, Soviet composer, music pedagogue. Rector of the Moscow Conservatory (1942-1948). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947). Biography Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school t ...

.
From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the

initially with assistant professor Alexander Adrianovitch Yegorov (pupil of

Konstantin Igumnov Konstantin Nikolayevich Igumnov (March 24, 1948) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. In 1946, he was recognized as the People's Artist of the USSR. Biography Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under A ...

), then from 1959 at the class of professor Lev Nikolayevich Oborin. After graduating from the Higher Master School at Moscow Conservatory he studied composition with professor Nesterov (pupil of

) at Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory.
In 1961 Dokumentov moved back to Kostroma, working as a composer, performer at Kostroma Philharmonic Society and as a piano teacher. He is currently a professor of Nekrasov Kostroma State University.
In 1997 he worked with famous Russian producer

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on the movie “

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” where he arranged music, conducted orchestra, played music, coached the actors for singing and even was filmed.
He married pianist Natalia Ananievna Seliverstova in 1965. They have two children.

Performances

Dokumentov started his career as a performer at the Malyj Zal of Moscow Conservatory () at the age of 14 performing Partita C-minor by J.S.Bach. He has performed in

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and

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and with artists of

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; under the guidance of conductor Yury Aranovich (Principal conductor of Stockholm orchestra).

Compositions

Dokumentov's music has been performed in

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and

. Among other pieces there are:

Awards and recognitions

Honorary Artist Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also known as Honored Artist of Russia, is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is awarded to actors, directors, filmmakers, writers, d ...

of Russia *Medal for Honor, Labor and Valour *Laureate of two Russian competitions of pianists (one together with N.Seliverstova) *Winner of Honorary certificate of Tokyo International Competition of composers in 1997

External links

Anatoly Dokumentov - Mentone Piano School
homepage

Bibliography

*Historical Kosrtroma encyclopedia pp. 94–95. *Journal of Russian Union of Composers “Musycalnaya Academia” 2003 p. 104 *Magazine “Musical Life” 1972 issue 15 *Journal “Soviet Music” 1976 issue 6 *Magazine “Soviet Union” 1979 issue 2 *Elizabeth Ogonkova, essay “Pianist” in the book “Moi Neschastlivtsevy” () *Newspaper “Frederikssund Avis” 15 October 1996, “Glow and Spirit” {{DEFAULTSORT:Dokumentov, Anatoly 1937 births Russian male classical pianists Russian male composers Living people 21st-century Russian classical pianists 21st-century Russian male musicians Moscow Conservatory alumni