Nikolai Nikolayevich Sidelnikov (; June 5, 1930, Tver – June 20, 1992) was a Russian Soviet composer. Sidelnikov studied with E. O. Messner and Yuri Shaporin at the Moscow Conservatory. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory where he was a professor from 1981. Among his pupils were Audronė Žigaitytė, Vyacheslav Artemov, Eduard Artemyev, Dmitri Smirnov, Vladimir Tarnopolsky, Vladimir Martynov, Anton Rovner, Sergey Pavlenko, Ivan Glebovich Sokolov and Vladimir Bitkin. His works include operas: Alen'kiy Tsvetochek (The Scarlet Flower, after S. Aksakov, 1974) Chertogon (opera dilogy after Nikolai Leskov: Zagul, Pokhmelye, 1978–1981) Beg (The Run after Mikhail Bulgakov, 1987) a ballet: Stepan Razin and also: 6 symphonies, an oratorio, cantatas, choral, chamber and vocal music. Russkie skazki (Русские сказки — The Russian Fairy Tales, 1968) - a concert for 12 players is one of his most notable compositions. External links Memorial site Russian male classical composers Soviet composers Soviet male composers Russian opera composers Male opera composers 1930 births 1992 deaths Moscow Conservatory alumni 20th-century classical composers Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery 20th-century Russian male musicians