Boris Mayzel |

Boris Mayzel

Composer Boris Sergeevich Maizel graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in 1936 in the class of M. Steinberg and P. Ryazanov. The composer is attracted mainly by instrumental genres. He is the author of five symphonies, the ballet “The Snow Queen” to the libretto by E. Schwartz based on the fairy tale of the same name by G. Andersen, several symphonic poems, a violin concerto, a double concerto for cello and piano, chamber ensembles, romances.

The ballet “Distant Planet” is one of the first attempts to create a choreographic composition on a space theme. Electric instruments are introduced into the score of the ballet, giving the music of the ballet a peculiar character.

L. Entelic