The Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (Государственная премия РСФСР имени М.И. Глинки) was a prize awarded to musicians of the
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and the Russian Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia,Declaration of Rights of the labo ...
from 1965–1991.
To be distinguished from the Glinka Award (of 500 rubles) won in 1900 by Scriabin (for his First Symphony), in 1904 by
Rachmaninov
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...
, and three times by
Reinhold Glière
Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (23 June 1956), born Reinhold Ernest Glier, was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938).
Biography ...
.
Both the prize and the award are named in honour of Russian composer
Mikhail Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, links=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, mʲɪxɐˈil ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognit ...
.
Partial list of recipients
* 1965
Valery Gavrilin
Valery Aleksandrovich Gavrilin (, (17 August 1939 – 28 January 1999) was a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).
Biography
Valery Gavrilin was born in 1939 in Vologda. When he was 3, his father died as a volunt ...
(composer)
* 1966
Lev Oborin
Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (; Moscow, Moscow, 5 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927.
Life and career
Oborin's family moved frequently ...
(pianist)
* 1968
Borodin Quartet
The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having marked its 70th-anniversary season in 2015.
The quartet was one of the Soviet Union's best ...
(string quartet): inc. Dmitri Shebalin (viola)
* 1974
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer.
Shostak ...
* 1979
Tikhon Khrennikov
Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (; – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, f ...
(composer)
* 1979 Vladislav Sokolov (choral conductor)
* 1981 Alexander Voroshilo (baritone)
* 1981
Viktor Tretiakov
Viktor Viktorovich Tretiakov (; born 17 October 1946) is a Russian violinist and conductor.
Other spellings of his name are Victor, Tretyakov and Tretjakov.
Biography
The son of a musician who played in the military band in Siberian city of Krasn ...
(violin)
* 1987
Shostakovich Quartet
The Shostakovich Quartet was a string quartet formed in September 1966 at the Moscow Conservatory, and which continued to perform for some 47 years (with varied line-up, but with the original 'cellist, , remaining throughout) until the start of ...
inc. Aleksandr Galkovsky (viola), Alexander Korchagin (cello)
* 1991
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (, ; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone.
Early life and education
Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigner ...
(baritone),
Ekaterina Maximova
Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova (; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian Ballet dancer, ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bol ...
and
Vladimir Vasiliev (ballet dancers)
References
External links
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Glinka singing competitionконкурс певцов имени М.И. Глинки) - as won by
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (, ; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone.
Early life and education
Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia during a time when the city was mostly closed to foreigner ...
in 1987
{{Mikhail Glinka
Russian music awards
Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR winners
Civil awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
Music of the Soviet Union
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Mikhail Glinka