Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov (Russian: ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Γ‘ΠΉ ΠΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Γ‘eΠ²ΠΈΡ ΠΠ°ΡΓ©ΡΠ½ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ²), (June 30, 1930, Moscow β October 10, 1994, Moscow) was a Russian composer of the so-called Underground β alternative or nonconformist group in Soviet music. Karetnikov studied at the Central Musical School (1942-1948) and the Moscow Conservatory (1948-1953) where his teachers were Vissarion Shebalin (composition), Ekaterina Nikolaeva (piano), Igor Sposobin and Viktor Tsukkerman (theory). Read more on Last.fm