Oleksandr Krasotov


Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Krasotov or Alexander Alexandrovich Krasotov was a Ukrainian composer and laureate of many national and international prizes. He was born in Odessa and died in Tianjin, China.

Education

At Odessa State A.V.Nezhdanova Conservatoire Krasotov made his studies in composition, piano and musicology and graduated in 1959. From 1959 to 1969 he received master-courses from Professor Y.A. Fortunatov and Professor N.I. Peiko. In 1969 Krasotov received title Doctor of Arts. At last he worked as Invited Professor of Composition at the Conservatoire of Music in Tianjin, China, where he was also giving master-courses. He had many pupils in Ukraine and abroad. One of them is a Ukrainian composer Julia Gomelskaya.

Works

Krasotov's works comprise symphonies and operas, musicals and theater music, oratorios, cantatas, chamber music, jazz music and songs. He participated in various national and international competitions where his works have been honoured with many prizes: