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name: "Eduard Artemyev"
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born: "30 November 1937"
died: "29 December 2022"
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# Eduard Artemyev

Composer. Born 30 November 1937 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR. Died 29 December 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 30 November 1937, Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- **Died:** 29 December 2022
- **Also known as:** Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev, Eduard Artemev, E. Artemev, Edouard Artemiev, Edward Artemyev, Eduard Artemiev, Э. Артемьев, А. Артемьев, Eduard Artemjew

## Biography

Eduard Artemyev (also credited as Eduard Nikolaevich Artemyev) was a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. He was born on 30 November 1937 in Novosibirsk and died on 29 December 2022 in Moscow. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Yuri Shaporin and graduated in 1960.

Artemyev was an early pioneer of electronic music in the Soviet Union, writing his first composition in 1967 using the ANS synthesizer. He is known for his film scores for Andrei Tarkovsky's *Solaris* (1972), *Mirror* (1975) and *Stalker* (1979). He also composed for films by Andrei Konchalovsky and Nikita Mikhalkov, including *Burnt by the Sun* (1994) and *The Barber of Siberia* (1998).

He was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia in 1999 and received multiple State Prizes of the Russian Federation and Nika Awards for his film music.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, lemonde.fr.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Stalker* (1979), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/stalker.md)

## Also known for

- *Solaris* (1972), Original Music Composer
- *Mirror* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *The Odyssey* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *12* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Nutcracker* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Burnt by the Sun* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Branded* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *The Barber of Siberia* (1998), Original Music Composer

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