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'''Yevgeny Grigorievich Brusilovsky''' ({{lang-rus|Евге́ний Григо́рьевич Брусило́вский}}; {{OldStyleDate|12 November|1905|30 October}}{{spaced ndash}}9 May 1981) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Russia]]n composer who settled in [[Kazakhstan]].  He wrote the first Kazakh opera, co-wrote the music for the [[Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]], and was a People's Artist of the Kazakh SSR.

==Biography==
[[File:Brusilovskiy.jpg|thumb|Yevgeny Brusilovsky on a Kazakhstan stamp]]

Brusilovsky was born in [[Rostov-on-Don]], [[Russia]] in 1905.  He studied at the [[Moscow Conservatory]] and later at the [[Leningrad Conservatory]], under [[Maximilian Steinberg]].<ref name=scribd>[http://www.scribd.com/doc/96538713/%D0%91%D1%80%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 scribd]</ref>

In 1933 he was sent to [[Almaty|Alma-Ata]], [[Kazakhstan]] (then the [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]]) to study the folk music of the region, and stayed there for the rest of his life.<ref name=art>[http://artmusic.smfforfree.com/index.php?action=printpage;topic=978.0 The Art-Music Forum]</ref>  From 1934 to 1936 he was the Music Director of the [[Kazakh National Theatre]], and from 1949 to 1951 the Artistic Director of the Philharmonic.<ref name=scribd/>  He founded the [[Abay Opera House]] in 1934.<ref name=dsch>[http://dschjournal.com/reviews/cd_reviews/rvs17op97a.htm DSCH Journal]</ref>

Brusilovsky taught at the Alma-Ata Conservatory (now the [[Music of Kazakhstan|Kurmangazy Kazakh National Conservatory]]) from 1944, becoming Professor of Composition in 1955.  His students included A. Zatsepin, B. Baikadamov, M.&nbsp;Tulebaev, B. Yerzakovich, K. Kuzhamyarov, E.&nbsp;Rakhmadiyev and S. Mukhamedzhanov.<ref name=scribd/>

He died in Moscow in 1981, aged 75.

==Works==
Yevgeny Brusilovsky frequently used the music and legends of Kazakhstan in his compositions.<ref name=stamp/> They include:

* 9 operas
** ''Kyz Zhibek'' (1934)
** ''Zhalbyr'' (1935)
** ''Er Torgyn'' (''Er-Targhin'')<ref name=art/> (1936)
** ''Aiman-Sholpan'' (1938)
** ''Golden Grain'' (1940)
** ''The Guard, forward!'' (1942)
** ''Amangeldy'' (1945, co-author M. Tulebayev)
** ''Dudarai'' (1953)
** ''Heirs'' (1962)
* 4 ballets
** ''Gulyandom'' (1940; the first Uzbek national ballet)<ref name=stamp>[http://musicians-b.blogspot.com.au/2011/06/brusilovsky-evgeny_07.html Stamps of Music]</ref>
** ''Kozy Korpesh and Bojan Sulu'' (1967)
* 8 symphonies<ref>Enciclopedia della Musica e dei Musicisti UTET (Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians UTET)</ref><ref name=russ>[http://www.russiancomposers.org.uk/page343.html russiancomposers.org.uk]</ref>
** Symphony No. 1 (1931)
** Symphony No. 2 (1932)
** Symphony No. 3 "The Golden Steppe" (1944) <ref name=art/>
** Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1957)
** Symphony No. 5 in D minor (1961)
** Symphony No. 6 in G "On a Theme of Kurmangazy" (1965; State Prize of Kazakhstan, 1967)
** Symphony No. 7 (1969)
** Symphony No. 8 (1972)
* Lyric Poem "Lonely Birch" for orchestra (1942)<ref name=art/>
* [[Anthem of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic]] (1945, with M. Tulebaev and L. Hamidi)
* Piano Concerto in D minor (1947) <ref name=art/>
* Trumpet Concerto (1967) <ref name=art/>
* Cello or Viola Concerto (1969) <ref name=art/>
* ''Zheldrme pamyati Baizkova'' for folk orchestra<ref name="russ"/>
* 2 string quartets (1944, 1951)
* Violin Sonata<ref name=russ/>
* ''Boz Aygir'' (''The Wild Horse''; violin and piano<ref name=dsch/>
* Scherzo, violin and piano
* a large number of choral and vocal works
** ''Dzhambul'', Cycle for tenor and orchestra<ref name=russ/>
** ''Soviet Kazakhstan Cantata'', narrator, soloists, chorus and orchestra<ref name=russ/>
** ''Songs of Life'' for voice and piano<ref name=russ/>
* 500 songs and ballads

==References==
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