updated May 24, 2006

Chirvani Tchalaiev

Russian composer born in 1936.

Chirvani Tchalaiev was born in 1936. He spent his childhood in Dagestan, and is of the minority Lakski ethnicity. His works received recognition in 1969 following his participation in a composition competition. Tchalaiev was deeply influenced by the folk traditions of his homeland, and developed his compositional style upon this basis. As a pianist and singer, he often performed his own Lieder.

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