Alfred Schnittke
Known for
Music and sound
Born
November 24, 1934
Birthplace
Engels, ASSR nemtsev Povolzhya, RSFSR, USSR [now Engelsskiy rayon, Saratovskaya oblast, Russia]
Died
August 3, 1998 (aged 63)
Biography
Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody as a "composer who was concerned in his music to depict the moral and spiritual struggles of contemporary man in [...] depth and detail."
Best known work
The Ascent
1977
Four Roads
2021
Air Crew
1980
A Visitor to a Museum
1989
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
1981
The Commissar
1967
Byelorussian Station
1971
The Master and Margarita
2011
The Story of the Voyages
1983
Uncle Vanya
1970Filmography
2025
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the HourglassOriginal Music Composer
2022
2021
Four RoadsOriginal Music Composer
2018
B-1Original Music Composer
2017
Anna KareninaMusic
2015
HarmMusic
2014
Maria's HouseOriginal Music Composer
2011
The Master and MargaritaOriginal Music Composer
2009
AfterMusic
2006
2004
The Ninth DayMusic
2003
1998
1997
Adam and Eve. Liberation From Original SinOriginal Music Composer
1997
Sky. Last DreamOriginal Music Composer
1996
Chornobyl. EpilogueMusic
1993
PresenceMusic
1993
Saint VladimirMusic
1993
1992
1991
Theory of SetsMusic
1991
Ward No. 6Music
1990
School of Fine ArtsMusic
1990
SphinxMusic
1990