View source for Andrei Petrov

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian composer (1930–2006)}}
{{Other people}}
[[File:1998, композитор Андрей Петров в Союзе композиторов СПб, фрагмент фото.png|thumb|Andrei Petrov in 1998]]
'''Andrei Pavlovich Petrov''' ({{langx|ru|Андре́й Па́влович Петро́в}}; 2 September 1930, Leningrad – 15 February 2006, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was named a [[People's Artist of the USSR]] in 1980. Andrey Petrov is known for his music for numerous classic Soviet films such as ''[[Walking the Streets of Moscow]]'', ''[[Beware of the Car]]'', and ''[[Office Romance]]''.

==Life==
A native of Leningrad, Petrov was the son of a military doctor; his mother was an artist. He had little interest in music until, at fourteen, he saw ''[[The Great Waltz (musical)|The Great Waltz]]''; after this he decided to become a composer. He studied composition at the [[Saint Petersburg Conservatory|Leningrad Conservatory]] under [[Orest Yevlakhov]].

Petrov is known for his work in various genres; he wrote a number of [[opera]]s and [[ballet]]s, as well as symphonic works, [[incidental music|incidental]] and film music, and various songs. He is especially famous for his ballet ''Creation of the World'' (1968), based on drawings by [[Jean Effel]]. This was performed around the world, with [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] among its first performers. Petrov also scored over eighty films, including the Soviet-[[United States|American]] co-production ''[[The Blue Bird (1976 film)|The Blue Bird]]'' (1976).

From 1964 until his death Petrov was the head of the [[St. Petersburg Union of Composers]], to which he was introduced by [[Dmitri Shostakovich]]. He also founded and served as the general director of a music festival in Saint Petersburg. He won numerous prizes and awards; on May 22, 1998, he was made an honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg. In 1993 a small planet, asteroid 4785 (Petrov) was named after him.<ref>[https://minorplanetcenter.net//iau/ECS/MPCArchive/1993/MPC_19930604.pdf Minor Planet Center]</ref>

Petrov's wife, Natalya Yefimovna, was a well-known [[Musicology|musicologist]]; his only daughter, Olga, co-wrote a number of his later works.<ref>[https://sanktpeterburg.bezformata.com/listnews/svobodna-manana-gogitidze-o-myuziklah/88390913/ «Жанр, где я свободна…». Манана Гогитидзе — о мюзиклах и мечтах / беседовал В. Дудин // Санкт-Петербургские ведомости. — 2020. — 29 окт.]</ref>

Andrey Petrov died in Saint Petersburg; he is buried at the [[Volkovo Cemetery]].

==Selected works==
=== Film music (selected) ===

*''[[Amphibian Man (film)|Amphibian Man]]'' (1961)
*''[[Walking the Streets of Moscow]]'' (1964)
*''[[Thirty Three (film)|Thirty Three]]'' (1965)
*''[[Beware of the Car]]'' (1966)
*''[[His Name Was Robert]]'' (1967)
*''[[Fair Wind, "Blue Bird"!]]'' (1967)
*''[[Zigzag of Success]]'' (1968)
*''[[Vremya]]'' (1970; TV)
*''[[Grandads-Robbers]]'' (1971)
*''[[Taming of the Fire]]'' (1972)
*''[[The Blue Bird (1976 film)|The Blue Bird]]'' (1976)
*''[[White Bim Black Ear]]'' (1977)
*''[[Office Romance]]'' (1977)
*''[[Autumn Marathon]]'' (1979)
*''[[Say a Word for the Poor Hussar]]'' (1981)
*''[[Station for Two]]'' (1982)
*''[[A Cruel Romance]]'' (1983)
*''[[Forgotten Melody for a Flute]]'' (1987)

=== Other works ===

* "Poem" for 4 Trumpets, Organ, Strings, and  Timpani
* Ballet "The Creation of the World" (1968)
* Concerto for Violin and  Orchestra (1983)
* Symphony-Fantasy "[[The Master and Margarita]]" (1984)
* Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1990)

==Honours and awards==
* [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]];
**3rd class (2 September 2005) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical culture, and many years of creative activity
**4th class (29 August 2000) – for his great personal contribution to the development of national musical art<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16026|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации|publisher=Официальный сайт Президента России|accessdate=2016-09-18|archive-date=2016-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918234650/http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16026}}</ref>
* [[Order of Lenin]] (1985)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/127/144/45310?view=1 |title=Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 1 июля 1983 года|access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180226211622/https://naukaprava.ru/catalog/1/127/144/45310?view=1}}</ref>
* [[State Prize of the Russian Federation]] (1995)
* Award of the President of the Russian Federation (1999)<ref>{{cite web|lang=ru|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/15188|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации «О присуждении премий Президента Российской Федерации в области литературы и искусства 1999 года»|website=[[kremlin.ru]]|access-date=2024-07-14|url-status=live|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240521005456/http:/www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/15188|archive-date=2024-05-21}}</ref>
*[[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] (1967)
* [[USSR State Prize]] (1967 and 1976)
* [[People's Artist of the USSR]] (1980)
* [[People's Artist of the RSFSR]] (1976)
* Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1972)
* Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (Resolution of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg № 104 of 22 May 1998)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
*{{IMDb name|0678157}}
*{{YouTube|GLADpG2ao-Q|Waltz from the ''Beware of Car'' by Andrey Petrov (video)}}
*{{YouTube|xqhhwirGL1Y|Overture from the ''Taming of the Fire'' by Andrey Petrov (video)}}
*{{YouTube|4Kb4UUsrcyM|Theme from the ''Autumn Marathon'' by Andrey Petrov (video)}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Andrey}}
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2006 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian male musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian male musicians]]
[[Category:Composers from Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia]]
[[Category:Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"]]
[[Category:Honorary members of the Russian Academy of Arts]]
[[Category:Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni]]
[[Category:Members of the Central Committee of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Members of the Central Committee of the 27th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1967–1971]]
[[Category:Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1971–1975]]
[[Category:People's Artists of the RSFSR]]
[[Category:People's Artists of the USSR]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Nika Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Lenin]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]
[[Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize]]
[[Category:State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates]]
[[Category:Male film score composers]]
[[Category:Male opera composers]]
[[Category:Male operetta composers]]
[[Category:Russian ballet composers]]
[[Category:Russian film score composers]]
[[Category:Russian male classical composers]]
[[Category:Russian opera composers]]
[[Category:Soviet film score composers]]
[[Category:Soviet male classical composers]]
[[Category:Soviet opera composers]]