Mark Minkov

Mark Minkov
Марк Минков
PAR (2003)
Minkov in 2011
Minkov in 2011
Background information
Birth nameMark Anatolievich Minkov
Born(1944-11-25)25 November 1944
Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died29 May 2012(2012-05-29) (aged 67)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Genres
  • Song
  • romance
  • opera
  • ballet
  • oratorio
OccupationMusic composer
InstrumentPiano
Years active1964–2012

Mark Anatolievich Minkov (Russian: Марк Анатольевич Минков; 25 November 1944 – 29 May 2012) was a Soviet and Russian music composer.[1] His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.

He composed the scores for more than a hundred cinema and television films, including Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1985), We Are from Jazz (1983) and Neznayka with Our Court (1983).

His awards included an Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia Federation, Laureate Awards of the All-Union and International composer contests.

He was the President of the Russian Cinematic Composers Guild, an acting member of the Russian Cinematic Academy Nika Award, a member of the Composers Union (1970), and a member of the Cinematographers Union (1981).

  1. ^ Умер композитор Марк Минков (in Russian). Izvestia. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 29 May 2012.