Sound · Original Music Composer · Music · Compositor
Born Nov 16, 1936 · Khosrekh, Dagestan ASSR, USSR [now Russia]
Active 1972–present · Awards: Order "For Merit to the Republic of Dagestan", People's Artist of the RSFSR, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, State Prize of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation's Government Award
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.