Alexander Sukhanov
Alexander Alekseevich Sukhanov (, 25 May 1952) is a Soviet and Russian poet, composer, bard and mathematician who created more than two hundred songs. Biography Alexander Sukhanov was born on 25 May 1952 in Saratov, Russia, USSR. During childhood he studied music, graduating from music school as a violin major. In 1974 Sukhanov earned an undergraduate degree (with honors) from the Mechanics and Mathematics Department of Moscow State University. He later earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the same institution. He taught mathematics at Gagarin Air Force Academy; since 1981 he has worked at the computational methods laboratory at MSU. In 1969 Sukhanov began writing music to his own lyrics, as well as to the poetry of Samuil Marshak, Iosif Utkin, Percy Shelley, Alexander Vertinsky, Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Rubtsov, and others. He gained wide success as a performer of his songs at concerts and festivals. Sukhanov composed scores for several plays, released a Melodia record as well several CD albums. Selected discography Green Carriage, 1996 Oh, you're my cart ..., 1998 Romance of old age, 2000 Snowdrops of tenderness, Disk 2, Disk 1, 2002 Selected songs References Links Home Page Interview with Sukhanov by Natella Boltyanskaya at Echo of Moscow Selected lyrics (Russian) His page at Russian Bard Resource page Catalog of soundtracks of his songs 1952 births Living people Russian bards Writers from Saratov Russian male poets Soviet poets Soviet male writers 20th-century Russian male writers Scientists from Saratov Soviet songwriters Musicians from Saratov