People's Artist of Belarus Dmitry Smolsky passed away. The famous composer was 80 years old.
He was born in Minsk to a family of music experts. The first lessons were taught by Tikotsky. At the Conservatory he studied with Professor Bogatyrev. Dmitry Smolsky was teaching at the Academy of Music for half a century. He wrote dozens of symphonies, oratorio, chamber-instrumental and vocal works. The music of the Belarusian was played in many countries around the world from the US to South Korea. Dmitry Smolsky is the author of the opera Gray Legend.












