Sergei Cortez (, ; 18 February 1935 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian composer. (biography on 75th birthday) Cortez was born in

San Antonio, Chile San Antonio is a Chile, Chilean port city, commune, and the capital of the San Antonio Province in the Valparaíso Region. It has become the main freight port in Chile, surpassing Valparaíso in the 21st century. San Antonio is also the hub of t ...

. He lived for most of his early life in

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, and emigrated with his parents to

Minsk Minsk (, ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administra ...

in the

Byelorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, Byelorussian SSR or Byelorussia; ; ), also known as Soviet Belarus or simply Belarus, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR). It existed between 1920 and 1922 as an independent state, and ...

in 1955 at the age of 20.

Works

*One-act operas ''Jubilee'' and ''The Bear'' after stories by

Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

. ''The Bear'' was premiered by

Alexander Anisimov Alexander Mikhailovich Anissimov (Анисимов, Александр Михайлович; born 8 October 1947) is a Russian conductor. Anissimov was born in Moscow. In 1995 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the National Symphony ...

and the Belarusian Philharmonic. ''Jubilee'' was premiered at the Moscow State Academic Chamber Musical Theatre B. A. Pokrovsky. *''Visit of the Lady «Визит дамы»''

Selected filmography

*'' Adventures in a City that does not Exist'' (1974)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortez, Sergei 1935 births 2016 deaths People from Valparaíso Region Chilean emigrants Immigrants to the Soviet Union Belarusian classical composers Belarusian people of Chilean descent Belarusian people of Russian descent Chilean people of Russian descent Soviet male classical composers Male classical composers 20th-century classical composers 20th-century male composers Recipients of the Byelorussian SSR State Prize