Igor Parfenov | Autumn Romance

Igor Parfenov. Born 1928, Kurgan. From the age of five he began to study music, at the age of 14 he began to compose small melodies under the guidance of the chairman of the Union of Composers of Kabardino-Balkaria, Sheybler. In October 1945 he entered the Leningrad Higher Art School and after graduation he worked in workshops for the restoration of the Kremlin palace. During his studies he spent all of his free time at the piano, and all weekends in the big hall of the Conservatoire and the opera house. From 1950 to 1954 he served in the army in Moldova, where he was the concertmaster of the song and dance ensemble. Demobilized in 1954, he entered studied theory and composition at the Krasnodar Music College, graduating in 1957. For the next forty years he taught at local music schools. He had begun to compose music in Kurgan from 1966, and his works include: twenty-five albums of piano pieces, three symphonies for folk instrument orchestra, three violin concertos, cello concerto, piano concerto, two suites for brass orchestra, and twenty romances choirs.