Alexander Kolker

Alexander Naumovich Kolker (; 28 July 1933 – 1 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian composer and , awarded in 1981.

Biography

Alexander Naumovich Kolker was born in Leningrad. He was evacuated from the city in 1942 and returned in 1944.

Since 1958 Alexander Kolker has worked as a professional composer.

He published a book of memoirs "The elevator does not lift you down" (in Russian: "Лифт вниз не поднимает") in 1998.

Alexander Kolker was married to singer Maria Pakhomenko until her death in 2013. Kolker died in Saint Petersburg on 1 August 2023, a few days after his 90th birthday.

Filmography

• 1966 – We Fly to the Ocean
• 1966 – White Night
• 1967 – Private Life of Kuzyayev Valentin
• 1968 – Songs Address - Youth
• 1969 – Tomorrow, on April 3rd...
• 1969 – Singing Guitars
• 1970 – And People Need a Song So...
• 1970 – '
• 1971 – Shadowboxing
• 1971 – Singing by Maria Pakhomenko
• 1972 – '
• 1974 – '
• 1975 – Love Will Remain
• 1976 – Truffaldino from Bergamo
• 1978 – '
• 1979 – '
• 1979 – Three Men in a Boat
• 1980 – '
• 1981 – Three Short Stories about Love
• 1981 – '
• 1982 – No One Can Replace You
• 1989 – Death of Tarelkin