Shirvani Chalaev

Soviet composer of Lacan descent

Shirvani Ramazanovich Chalaev (Ширвани Рамазанович Чалаев; born 16 November 1936 in Dagestan) is a Dagestani composer.

His 1971 opera, The Highlanders, was the first Dagestan opera. He has composed children's operas for the Natalya Sats Children's Musical Theatre.

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