Moscow, Aug 29, 2025 (AFP) - Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin dies aged 92: Bolshoi

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2025-08-29

Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, whose work included famed ballets such as "Anna Karenina" and "Carmen Suite", has died at 92, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre said Friday, calling his loss an "enormous tragedy". Shchedrin, husband of late ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya, was "one of the greatest contemporary geniuses", whose "operas, ballets and symphonies are played on the world's greatest stages", the theatre said in a statement. "Rodion Shchedrin wa......

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