Shirvani Chalaev

Birthday:

11/16/1936

Place of birth:

Khosrekh, Dagestan ASSR, USSR [now Russia]:

Biography:

Shirvani Chalaev is a Dagestani composer who has written for film and theatre. His oeuvre includes many operas, ballets, and symphonies. He also wrote the national anthem of his homeland, the Republic of Dagestan.