Dmitri Smirnov (composer)

Dmitri Smirnov
Дми́трий Смирно́в
Born
Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov

(1948-11-02)2 November 1948
Died9 April 2020(2020-04-09) (aged 71)
Watford, England
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Academic teacher
Spouse
(m. 1972)
Children2

Dmitri Nikolaevich Smirnov (Russian: Дми́трий Никола́евич Смирно́в; 2 November 1948 – 9 April 2020) was a Russian-British composer and academic teacher, who also published as Dmitri N. Smirnov and D. Smirnov-Sadovsky. He wrote operas, symphonies, string quartets and other chamber music, and vocal music from song to oratorio. Many of his works were inspired by the art of William Blake.