Valery Khalilov

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Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov Валерий Халилов
Khalilov in 2016
Born	Valeriy Mikhaylovich Khalilov (1952-01-30)30 January 1952 Termiz, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Termez, Uzbekistan)
Died	25 December 2016(2016-12-25) (aged 64) Black Sea near Sochi, Russia
Cause of death	Plane crash
Nationality	Russian
Occupation(s)	Military conductor, composer
Title	People's Artist of Russia (2014)
Political party	Communist Party
Military career
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Rank	Lieutenant general

Valery Mikhaylovich Khalilov (Russian: Валерий Михайлович Халилов; 30 January 1952 – 25 December 2016) was an Uzbek-born Russian military band conductor and composer. A lieutenant general in the Russian military, he was the Senior Director of Music of the Military Band Service of the Armed Forces of Russia, most famously conducting the massed Russian military bands at the annual "Victory Day" parade held in the Moscow's Red Square a record 14 times. He died when the plane he was on, en route to Syria, crashed into the Black Sea off Sochi, Russia.