Alexander Tcherepnin

Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (January 20,1899 – September 29,1977) was a Russian composer, and pianist. His father, Nikolay Tcherepnin and his son, Ivan Tcherepnin was also composer.

His early works were fairly original and some of his pieces had enduring popularity. His style is conservative with clever dissonance.

He was born in St Petersburg, Russia. After Russian revolution, he defected and lived in France and the United States. He visits to far east between 1934 and 1937. He did the promotion activity of the composers in Japan (Akira Ifukube and others) and China. He married chinese pianist, Lee Hsien Ming in China.

During World War II, he lived in France. 1948, he went to the United States, and 1958, he acquired the United States citizenship. He died in Paris.