Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (Russian: Георгий Васильевич Свиридов, Ge'orgy Vasil'jevič Svirídov; (December 16, 1915 – January 5, 1998), also transliterated Georgy Vasil'yevich Sviridov, Georgy Vasilievich Sviridov, Georgy Vasil'evich Sviridov, Georgii Sviridov or Gyorgy Sviridov, was a Russian and Soviet neoromantic composer.
In 1946 Sviridov was awarded the State Stalin Prize for his Piano Trio, heavily influenced by Tchaikovsky. Lenin Prize of 1960 was bestowed on the composer for his Pathetic Oratorio. Georgy Sviridov was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1968 and 1980 and honored with the title People's Artist of the USSR. He became a Hero of Socialist Labor (1975) and was twice awarded the Order of Lenin.
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