Alexey Rybnikov

He is the author of music for Soviet and Russian musicals (rock operas) The Star and Death of Joaquin Murieta (Звезда и смерть Хоакина Мурьеты, 1976) and Juno and Avos (Юнона и Авось, 1981, shown more than 700 times), for numerous plays and operas, for more than 80 Russian movies.

[1] Alexey composed one of his first works, "The Thief of Baghdad", being influenced by a very popular at those times trophy film under the same name.

On one hand, musical innovation, strength and conviction of the young composer, his subtle perception of alien melodic culture, and bringing the world of rock-music with its hard rhythms to the home drama (!)

stage provoked a prolonged reject from censors (the performance had been banned 11 times for political reasons; finally it was released).

The year 2013 is marked by the work on the stage version of the "Live Pictures of the time of Alexander I and Napoleon Bonapart" getting the new shorter name - modern opera "War and Peace".