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Pavel RivilisMoldavian Soviet composer
Date of Birth: 25.05.1936
Country:  Moldova |
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Biography of Pavel Rivilis
Pavel Rivilis was a Soviet composer from Moldova. He was born in 1936 in Kamenets-Podolsk, where his grandfather settled with his family after being exiled from Kishinev for revolutionary activities in Tomsk. Pavel's father, Boris Isaevich, worked as a land surveyor, while his mother, Tuba Rivilis, was an accountant. During World War II, the family was evacuated to Prokopyevsk in the Kemerovo Oblast, and Pavel attended school there. On January 6, 1946, the family returned to Kishinev, which had become the capital of the Moldavian SSR, and Pavel was immediately enrolled in a special music school. His music teachers included G. I. Gershfeld (music theory), I. L. Dailis (violin), and A. D. Goldenfun (piano). His creative mentor was Professor Yu. A. Fortunatov from the Moscow State Conservatory.
Education and Early Career
In 1959, Pavel Rivilis graduated from the Kishinev Conservatory with a degree in composition under the guidance of Nahman Leib. He also studied with L. S. Gurov and V. G. Zagorsky. From 1959 to 1960, he taught music theory subjects at the Slobodzei Music School, and from 1960 to 1964, he worked as a music editor at the Kishinev publishing house "Kartya moldoveniaske."
Later Career
From 1965 to 1974, Rivilis served as a senior consultant for the Union of Composers of Moldova, and from 1974 onwards, he became a member of the repertoire-editorial board of the Ministry of Culture of the Moldavian SSR. Since the 1960s, he has been teaching at the G. Muzicescu Institute of Arts in Kishinev (later the Moldovan National Academy of Theatre, Music, and Fine Arts) as a professor of theory and composition.
Works
Pavel Rivilis' compositions include the opera "Dzelika" (1958) with a libretto by P. Reznikov based on Carlo Gozzi's fairy tales (co-authored with Valery Syrokhatov), the symphonic poem "Apotheosis of War" (1958), Symphony No. 1 (1961), Symphony No. 2 "Children's Symphony" (1965), symphonic dances (1969), a concerto (1971), four pieces "Unisoni" (1973), a suite (1977), "Burdoni" (two poems, 1984), "Stichira" (Canticle, 1996), Konzertstuck (1998), "Olyandra" (1955), six pieces (1963), and a suite (1966) for violin and piano, variations (1955) and bagatelles (1966) for piano, a sonata for solo viola (1962), an orchestration of J. S. Bach's "Chaconne" for symphony orchestra, songs on Moldovan poems, and music for theater and cinema.
Legacy
Among Pavel Rivilis' students are Moldovan musicians and composers Ion Aldya-Teodorovich, Vladimir Cholak, Anatol Kiriyak, Valentin Doni, and Snezhana Pyslar. His daughter, Yulia Pavlovna Rivilis, is a Moldovan pianist and holder of the Maestru în Artă (Master of Arts) title of the Republic of Moldova since 1998.
