Valery popov biography

Born in Kazan into the family of a biologist, he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University in 1963 and worked as an engineer until 1969;.

  • Born in Kazan into the family of a biologist, he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University in 1963 and worked as an engineer until 1969;.
  • Valery Popov is a Russian bassoonist, described as the foremost of his era in Russia in his Grove Music Online entry.
  • Biography.
  • Valery Popov was born in 1937.
  • Valery Popov was born in 1937 in the family of a famous trumpeter.

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    Valery Popov (musician)

    Valery Popov (born 9 September 1937) is a Russian bassoonist, described as the foremost of his era in Russia in his Grove Music Online entry.[1]

    Biography

    Popov was born on 9 September 1937 in Moscow.[1] His father, Sergei Petrovich Popov [ru] (1914–2012), was a trumpeter who was a soloist with the USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra and the USSR State Symphony Orchestra.[2] Valery Popov at first studied the trumpet, switching to the bassoon in 1957.[3]

    In 1959, he joined the Opera-Symphony State Radio and Television orchestra.

    In 1960 he graduated from the Musical College (in the class of V. Gorbachov) and attended the Moscow Conservatory where he studied with R. Terekhin.[3]

    Popov won first prize in the national competition in Leningrad in 1963 as well as in the competition in Budapest in 1965.[1]

    In 1962 Popov joined the USSR State Symphony Orchestra[1][3&