Russian Soviet composer

Edison Denisov

Intro
Russian Soviet composer
Genres
Awards Received
People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Legion of Honour
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
Member of, past and present

Academy of Arts of the GDR

Academy of Arts, Berlin

Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts

Edison Denisov in Sortavala, summer 1975. Photo by Dmitri Smirnov.

Edison Vasilievich Denisov (Russian: Эдисо́н Васи́льевич Дени́сов, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music.