Kirill Molchanov
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Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov (Russian: Кирилл Владимирович Молчанов; 7 September 1922 – 14 March 1982) was a Russian and Soviet composer.[1]
He was appointed director of the Bolshoi, at the time political disfavour had fallen on the lead soprano Galina Vishnevskaya.[2]
His works are in the Social Realist romantic tradition and were not warmly received when performed abroad.[3]