Rodion Shchedrin  passes away at 92

ArmInfo.  Tonight, at the age of 93, Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin, the greatest genius of our time, world classic, and People's Artist of the USSR, has passed away, as announced on the Moacow's Bolshoi Theater page in the Telegram channel.

It is worth noting that Rodion Shchedrin had close personal and  creative ties with Armenia, a country that held significant  importance in his life,  with many crossing paths. He had close  friendship with  many Armenian cultural figures, including director  Henrikh Hovhannisyan and writer Vasily Katanyan, who wrote the  libretto for Shchedrin's first opera. In 2008, the Yerevan Prospects  festival featured several days dedicated to Rodion Shchedrin's music.  His last joint trip to Armenia with his wife, Maya Plisetskaya,  People's Artist of the USSR and one of the greatest ballerinas, took  place in 2008.