Monday, October 16, 2023

 


Famous Soviet-Russian composer Gennady Gladkov passed away in the Russian capital on Monday aged 88, the state-run TASS news agency reported. Gladkov was born in Moscow on February 18, 1935, and was known for composing music for over 100 Soviet and Russian films, cartoons and theatrical plays. Among the other famous Soviet films featuring Gladkov’s music are "Gentlemen of Fortune," "The Twelve Chairs" and "The Dog in the Manger." During his life, Gladkov was named a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, the country's highest artistic honor, and received the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, Fourth Class. Gladkov composed the score for the 1987 Euro-western “A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines”.

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