1. Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova is a Soviet and Russian composer.
12 Facts About Aleksandra Pakhmutova
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she first achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1984.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova was born on November 9,1929, in Beketovka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, and began playing the piano and composing music at an early age.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova was admitted to the prestigious Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1953.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova's career is notable for her success in a range of different genres.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova has composed pieces for the symphony orchestra ; the ballet Illumination; music for children ; and songs and music for over a dozen different movies from Out of This World in 1958 to Because of Mama in 2001.
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Alexandra Pakhmutova found favor with the state establishment as well as the public.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova was named a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990.
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In 1956, Aleksandra Pakhmutova married an actor and poet Nikolai Dobronravov.
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova was assigned by the radio officials to work with her as a lyricist on a children's tune "Little Motor Boat".
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Aleksandra Pakhmutova is accredited with composing over 500 individual songs; and thus, only the most well-known are listed here.