Death of a Russian composer, 62

Death of a Russian composer, 62

RIP

norman lebrecht

December 01, 2022

We have been informed of the death in Moscow of the composer and organist Kirill Alekseevich Umansky.

A friend of Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Umansky completed the senior composer’s 22nd symphony while he was incapacitated after a fall.

There is a fine recording.

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