Vladislav Kazenin

Vladislav Kazenin
Владислав Казенин
Kazenin in 2004
Chairman of the Board of Union of Russian Composers
In office
1990–2014
Preceded byRodion Shchedrin
Succeeded byRashid Kalimullich
Personal details
Born(1937-05-21)May 21, 1937
Kirov, Soviet Union
Died17 February 2014(2014-02-17) (aged 76)
Moscow, Russia
Resting placeVagankovo Cemetery
Alma materUrals Mussorgsky State Conservatoire
OccupationPianist
Known forChairman of the Union of Russian Composers

Vladislav Igorevich Kazenin (Russian: Владислав Игоревич Казенин; May 21, 1937, Kirov – February 17, 2014, Moscow) was Soviet and Russian composer and musician. Chairman of the Union of Russian Composers (since 1990), Deputy Minister of Culture of the USSR (1987-1990), member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on State Prizes of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art, member of the Board of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Culture and Art (1996-2001). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1996), laureate of the State Prize of Russia (2003), Honorary Citizen of the city of Kirov (2009).