Vladimir Georgievich Fere

Vladimir Georgievich Fere — composer, educator.

Born (May 7, 1902 (May 20, 1902), in Kamyshin, Kamyshin district, Saratov province of the Russian Empire (now Volgograd region).

Of Russian Germans.

Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in the composition class of N. Ya. Myaskovsky (1929) and in the piano class of A. B. Goldenweiser (1930).

From 1925 to 1928, he was a member of the "Production Collective of Student Composers of the Moscow Conservatory" ("Prokoll").

From 1929 to 1931, he taught at the State Music Technical School.

From 1930 to 1934, he was an editor and music director of the All-Union Radio Committee and Muzgiz.

In 1933-1934, he worked as a consultant at the Moscow Conservatory.

In 1934, he was in the Far Eastern parts of the Red Army, where he, together with poet Sergey Ostrovoy, created a number of songs.

From 1934 to 1936, he was the music director of the children's and collective farm sections of the Union of Composers of the USSR. Then, until 1944, he was the artistic director of the Kyrgyz Philharmonic in Frunze.

Since 1945, he lived in Moscow. After the war, until 1959, he taught at the Moscow Conservatory.

From 1959 to 1962, he was the head of the composition department at the Moscow Conservatory.

One of the founders of Kyrgyz composer music. Co-author (with A. Maldybaev and V. A. Vlasov) of the first Kyrgyz operas ("Lunar Beauty," 1939; "Manas," 1946, 2nd edition, 1966; "Toktogul," 1958), music for the State Anthem of the Kyrgyz SSR (1946). Ballets "Swing" (1943), "Spring in Ala-Too" (1955; both co-authored with Vlasov).

Member of the Union of Composers of the USSR (1932).

People's Artist of the Kyrgyz SSR (1944).

Music educator, professor (1962).

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963).

Selected Musical Works

Musical Dramas
"Altyn kyzy" (1937),
"Ajal orduna" (1938).

Operas
"Aychurok" (1939),
"For the Happiness of the People" (1941, 2nd edition — "Son of the People" (1947)),
"Patriots" (1941),
"Manas" (1946, 2nd edition (1966)),
"On the Shores of Issyk-Kul" (1951),
"Toktogul" (1958),
"Witch" (1961),
"An Hour Before Dawn" (1967),
"Altyn kyzy" (1973),
"White Wings" (1979)

Ballets
"Anar" (1940),
"Selkinchek" (1943),
"Shurale" (1943),
"Spring in Ala-Too" (1955).
Symphony "Kyrgyzstan" (1947),
Choruses: "General Frunze" (1940) and "Song of General Panfilov" (1941)
Romances, songs, music for performances at the drama theater, and more.

He nurtured many talented students, including G. I. Gladkov, A. Maldybaev, M. Abdrayev, Z. Ismagilov, Sh. S. Saifiddinov, Z. Shahidi, and many others.

He also served as a music critic.