Almaz Monasypov

(1925–2008)

Composer, cellist, conductor, teacher, Honored Art Worker of the Tatar ASSR (1969), Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1987), winner of the Gabdulla Tukai State Prize of the Tatar SSR (1991), People’s Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan (2000).

А. Monasypov created new genres in national music: symphony–poem, symphony–drama, and vocal–symphonic poem. A. Monasypov was a composer in constant search, striving to reflect in his work the complex world of modern times.

Another characteristic feature of Monasypov's work is jazz. Jazz intonations, rhythms, and harmonies give his music a unique flavor, energy, and uniqueness of melodic and harmonic language.