(1944-11-25)25 November 1944 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died
29 May 2012(2012-05-29) (aged 67) Moscow Oblast, Russia
Genres
Song
romance
opera
ballet
oratorio
Occupation(s)
Music composer
Instrument(s)
Piano
Years active
1964–2012
Musical artist
Mark Anatolievich Minkov (Russian: Марк Анатольевич Минков; 25 November 1944 – 29 May 2012) was a Soviet and Russian music composer.[1] His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.
His awards included an Honoured Cultural Worker of Russia Federation, Laureate Awards of the All-Union and International composer contests.
He was the President of the Russian Cinematic Composers Guild, an acting member of the Russian Cinematic Academy Nika Award, a member of the Composers Union (1970), and a member of the Cinematographers Union (1981).
He was awarded the Golden Pushkin Medal (1999) for "his contribution to the development, preservation and multiplication of the national cultural traditions, help and support of the creative intelligentsia, and development and forming of newer styles and directions in culture".
A song by Minkov based on the lyrics Invisible struggle (translit. Nezrimiy Boi - If somebody, somewhere among us, sometimes...) by Anatoly Gorokhov is featured in almost all the series. It became an unofficial hymn of the Soviet Militia. In 2001, he was awarded the MVD Russian Interior Ministry award for the music theme to the Sledstvie vedut znatoki.
