Johann Admoni

Johann Admoni
Born17 July 1906
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany
Died5 September 1979(1979-09-05) (aged 73)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
EducationSaint Petersburg State University
OccupationComposer

Johánn Admóni (original surname: Krasny, German: Rot, Russian: Иоганн Григорьевич Адмони; 1906 in Dessau – 1979 in Leningrad) was a Soviet composer, pianist, teacher, and public person, the son of the famous St. Petersburg historian, publicist, and Jewish community leader Gregor Red-Admoni (Russian: Григорий Яковлевич Красный-Адмони). He is the elder brother of the famous Soviet linguist Vladimir Admoni. Director of the Seminar of Amateur composers in the Leningrad Composer's House, Soviet Union (now Saint-Petersburg, Russia).