Yuri Yukechev

Yuri Pavlovich Yukechev (Russian: Ю́рий Па́влович Юке́чев, Yuriy Pavlovič Yukečev) (born 1 January 1947)[1] is a Russian composer and music teacher.

[2] Yuri Yukechev was born in 1947 in Mukachevo, Ukraine.

In 1965-1970 he studied composition at the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Conservatoire with the famous in Russia teacher Orest Yevlakhov (pupil of Dmitri Shostakovich).

Since 1996 he also holds a post of the chairman of Siberian Branch of Russian Composers Union.

There are three directions predominate in his music: As a teacher of composition Yuri Yukechev has taught many composers, musicologists, music teachers and other musicians currently working throughout Russia and abroad.