Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin with his wife, Maya Plisetskaya, in 2009

Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (Russian: Родио́н Константи́нович Щедри́н, Rodion Konstantinovič Ščedrin, born December 16, 1932 in Moscow) is a Russian composer and pianist.

He won many awards such as the Lenin (1984), USSR State Prize (1972) and the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1992). He is a former member of the Interregional Deputy Group (1989–1991).

Shchedrin was married to Russian ballet dancer Maya Plisetskaya from 1958 until her death in 2015.

Other websites

Media related to Rodion Shchedrin at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website The Plisetskaya-Shchedrin Foundation
• Rodion Shchedrin on the Sikorski website (publisher): portrait, biography (pdf) and works
• Rodion Shchedrin Archived 2007-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
• 'David Fanning on Rodion Shchedrin and his Second Symphony and Rodion Shchedrin on David Fanning's publication' Archived 2007-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Rodion Shchedrin interview by Bruce Duffie
• Ismene Brown: theartsdesk Q&A: Composer Rodion Shchedrin theartsdesk.com 18 September 2010