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Dimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin [a] (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) [1] was a Russian [2] [3] [4] and American film composer and conductor. Classically trained in Saint Petersburg before the Bolshevik Revolution, he moved to Berlin and then New York City after the Russian Revolution.
Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian Jewish composer who emigrated to America and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. He won a hallowed place in the pantheon of the most successful and productive composers in American film history, earning himself four Oscars and sixteen Academy Awards nominations.
- May 10, 1894
- November 11, 1979
Jun 18, 2020 · The name Dimitri Tiomkin calls forth the image of one of Hollywood’s most distinguished and best-loved composers. Whether the genre was Westerns, drama, comedy, film noir, adventure, or war documentary, Tiomkin’s visceral, dramatic underscores helped bring more than 100 feature films to vivid life.
Dimitri Tiomkin was a Russian Jewish composer who emigrated to America and became one of the most distinguished and best-loved music writers of Hollywood. He won a hallowed place in the pantheon of the most successful and productive composers in American film history, earning himself four Oscars and sixteen Academy Awards nominations.
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Dimitri Tiomkin, with his Oscar for “The High and the Mighty.” In light of all the wonderful scores and songs written over a 40-year career, it may come as a surprise that Tiomkin’s fame was cemented by a single incident, thanks to the then-budding medium of television.
Dimitri Tiomkin and George Gershwin. Image from Jeffrey Dane's archive In addition to the masterworks that have come from the individual composers, one of the veritable treasures of our aggregate musical legacy is the profusion and multiplicity of anecdotes about its history and practitioners.
May 17, 2018 · Composer. Nationality: American. Born: St. Petersburg, Russia, 10 May 1899; emigrated to the United States, 1925; naturalized citizen, 1937. Education: Attended St. Petersburg Conservatory and St. Petersburg University; studied with Glazunov and Blumenthal in St. Petersburg and with Petri, Zadora, and Busoni in Berlin.
