A Life in Music from the Soviet Union to Canada - Memoirs of a Madrigal Ensemble Singer

The musical career of Alexander Tumanov extends from Stalinist and Soviet Russia through contemporary Canada, and as such provides an inspiring portrait of one person's devotion to his art under trying circumstances.

About the author

ALEXANDER TUMANOV was born in the Soviet Union and earned degrees in Slavic philology and music before joining the Madrigal Ensemble in Moscow. He emigrated to Canada with his family in 1974, where he completed a PhD and joined the Department of Slavic and East European Studies at the University of Alberta. The author of the biography of Maria Olenina d'Alheim in both English and Russian, he currently lives in London, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Alla. Translator and editor VLADIMIR TUMANOV holds a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Alberta and teaches modern languages at Western University in London, Ontario, where he lives.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Tumanov
• Assisted by: Vladimir Tumanov (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of North Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781574417555
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-755-5
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: North Texas Lives of Musician; North Texas Lives of Musician Series; North Texas Lives of Musician Series; North Texas Lives of Musician
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs