Johánn Admóni (original surname: Krasny, German: Rot, Russian: Иоганн Григорьевич Адмони; 1906 in Dessau – 1979 in Leningrad) was a Soviet composer, pianist, teacher, and public person, the son of the famous St. Petersburg historian, publicist, and Jewish community leader Gregor Red-Admoni (Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Красный-Адмони).
Johann Admoni is the son of the famous St. Petersburg historian, publicist, and Jewish public person Gregor Red-Admoni.
His mother Raisa Pumper, the daughter of a Saint-Petersburg lawyer, moved to Germany because of her family ties, and so Johann Admoni was actually born in the German city Dessau.
After receiving the consistent musical education, Johann Admoni writes a lot of romances with poetry of the most famous poets as A. Blok, H. Heine, and others.
Later on, imagination of the young composer leads him to creation of the big opera "the Undertaker" and ballets "AO" and "the War against salamanders".
Working in the Drama Theatre in Vologda, the composer was very attracted to musical public activity, which, from his point of view, was the case only in Saint-Petersburg by that time.
And during 1932–1933 he was able to pass his experience in organizing the musical art in Vologda to similar work in local and small theatres of young people in Leningrad.