Died musician of the BDT orchestra Yuri Smirnov

This was reported on the theater's website.

“Dear viewers, we regret to inform you that on March 21, 2021, at the age of 86, the oldest musician of the BDT orchestra, composer and teacher Yuri Alekseevich Smirnov died,” the message says.

Earlier it was reported that composer Viktor Lebedev, who wrote music for many Russian and Soviet films, including films about midshipmen, died in St. Petersburg at the age of 87.