 | LAN TUAT * Born 1934 in Hanoi, Vietnam * Graduated in 1963 from the Leningrad Conservatory of Music in Composition (where he studied with Prof Aleksandr Mnatsakanian, the last student of Dmitry Shostakovich) and obtained his Doctorate degree in Leningrad in 1981 * Professor of Orchestration & Composition / Deputy Head of the Department of Composition at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory of Music (now Novosibirsk National Music Academy) (Novosibirsk National Music Academy is the third biggest Music Academy in Russia, after Moscow and Peterburg) * Recipient of the title of "Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation" by President V. Putin in 2001 * Recipient of the "Friendship Medal" from President A. Medvedev in 2008 * Several of his works have been performed by orchestras all over the world |