Sergei Mikhailovich Slonimsky (born in 1932) is one of the leading modern Russian composers.His creation embraces actually all the genres. Remember the musical drama â??Virineyaâ? (1965â??1967) after the novel by L. Seyfullina, chamber opera â??Master and Margariteâ? (1970â??1972) after M. Bulgakov, opera-ballad â??Mary Stuartâ? (1978â??1980) to Ya. Gordinâ?s libretto, dramma per musica â??Hamletâ? (1990â??1991) after W. Shakespeareâ?s tragedy translated to Russian by B. Pasternak, chamber opera (monodic drama) â??King Ixionâ? (1993â??1995) after the ancient myth and the tragedy by I. Annensky, the Russian tragedy in 14 visions with three epilogues and overture â??The Visions of Ioann Groznyâ? to Ya. Gordinâ?s libretto, dramma per musica â??King Learâ? (2000â??2001) after the tragedy by W. Shakespeare translated by B. Pasternak, 32 symphonies, ballets, instrumental concertos, cantatas, among which there is the â??Voice From Choirâ? (1962â??1963) to the verses by Alexander Blok, â??One Day of the Lifeâ? (1998) to the texts from â??Chapter of the Thousandâ? by Dhammapada translated by V. Toporov, Requiem for soloists, choir and symphony orchestra (2003), so as numerous choral, chamber-instrumental and vocal compositions. The spring of 2005 was marked by the ballet premiÐre of the â??Magic Nutâ? after the tale by E. Th. A. Hoffmann to the libretto by the artist Mikhail Chemiakine, who staged it in the Mariinsky Theatre. It was in 2008, when Slonimskyâ?s oratorial opera â??Antigoneâ? after Sophokleâ?s tragedy was firstly staged by A. N. Sokurov at the St. Petersburg Academic Kapelle. Sergei Slonimsky is the Peopleâ?s Artist of Russia, laureate of the Russian State Prize, knight of the orders â??Merits before Motherlandâ? and of the Commander Cross of the Order â??Merits before the Polish Republicâ?. Slonimskyâ?s opuses are on roll all over the world.Contents:1. SILENCE 2. DEATH OF POETRY