Artist Info: Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov

Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov (Вячеслав Овчинников, Voronezh, Russia, 29 May 1936 - 4 February 2019) was a Russian composer.

He began composing at age 9 and entered the Moscow Conservatory at 15. Later he studied with Tikhon Khrennikov and Lev Ginzburg. He composed symphonies, symphonic poems, as well as works for chamber orchestra, small ensembles and solo instruments.

Outside his native country he is best known as a composer of music for such films as War and Peace [read more...]