Georgy Firtich

Georgy Ivanovich Firtich (Russian: Георгий Иванович Фиртич; 20 October 1938 – 27 January 2016) was a Soviet and Russian composer, jazz pianist, professor Herzen University.

He graduated from the School of Music by Rimsky-Korsakov (class composition) and Saint Petersburg Conservatory (1962, class of Yuri Balkashin and Boris Arapov).

[2] During his studies, he began performing as a pianist: school years with the performance of the classics and his own compositions, the school - as a jazz singer.

At the undergraduate conservatory began writing for film (in this area has worked for almost 40 years).

Since 1994, led by ACM (Association for Contemporary Music), the Union of Composers of St. Petersburg.