Elena Kuschnerova. 8 min. [1983] The First Sinfonietta for tenor and chamber ensemble to verses by Igor Severyanin. 13 min. [1983] Three Poems by Fyodor Sologub for soprano and piano. 13 min. [1983] Variations for bass and wind band to early verses by N. Tikhonov. 13 min. [1984] String Quartet. 23 min. [1985] The Second Sinfonietta for soprano and enlarged chamber orchestra to verses by F. Sologub. 15 min. References External links Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin Web Site – here you can listen to his music and read in English most important fragments of his biography Lokshin page on the Rudolf Barshay web site Lokshin section of the Soviet Composers site maintained by Onno van Rijen The American Symphony Orchestra will perform the US Premiere of Symphony No 4 (1968) on February 24, 2010 Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra Present "After the Thaw" Music of Post-Stalin Soviet Union at Lincoln Center on Wednesday, February 24. NeuFutur Magazine. 2010-02-04. Here one can get acquainted with music by Lokshin in perfect performances New York Concert Review. A word of explanation about Lokshin: he had been known early in his life as a leading expert on Mahler and Stravinsky and had been declared “a genius” by Shostakovich. He was not surprisingly denounced by the Soviet authorities as “decadent” and a “formalist” for the very reasons that his music may be treasured, as a natural outgrowth of the music of the preceding century. Once Stalin had died, Lokshin might have found a certain improved situation, and his 1955 clarinet quintet does reflect some flickers of optimism; tragically, though, he was also accused (falsely, as has only been settled in recent years) of being NKVD-KGB informer and was thus ostracized by even those who would have rallied to his side. In summary, for those wondering why an American premiere is occurring 31 years after the composer’s death and 63 years after the composition date, such tragic and criminal injustice is why – the morass of Soviet slander and obfuscation is slow to unravel. What is encouraging, though, is that there are always those interested in digging for the truth and for artistic treasure, no matter how many years later. 1920 births 1987 deaths 20th-century classical composers Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory People from Biysk Pupils of Nikolai Myaskovsky Soviet composers Soviet male classical composers Soviet male composers