Overview

• The Bolshoi Theatre announced his death and hailed him as a world classic and the greatest genius of the present.
• Schott Music reported the composer died in Munich, where he spent part of his later life alongside homes in Moscow and Lithuania.
• The Bolshoi in Moscow and the Mariinsky in St. Petersburg opened their foyers for the public to lay flowers and pay respects.
• A Mainz-based foundation said his and his late wife Maya Plisetskaya’s ashes will be scattered over Russia, with ceremony details not yet set.
• Schtschedrin’s legacy spans more than 80 works including the Carmen-Suite, the ballet Anna Karenina, and the opera Lolita, and he led the Soviet composers’ union from 1973 to 1989 on Shostakovich’s recommendation.