Composer Rodion Shchedrin has passed away on Aug. 29, 2025 at the age of 92. Shchedrin was born in Moscow on Dec. 16, 1932. He went to the Moscow Choral School and Moscow Conservatory, where he studied composition and graduated in 1955. In 1958, Shchedrin married the ballerina Maya Plisetskaya. In 1965, Shchedrin began teaching at the Moscow Conservatory. He {…}