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Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian: Бурановские Бабушки; Udmurt: Брангуртысь песянайёс, Brangurtys' Pes'anayos; literally Grannies from Buranovo) is an eight elderly women ethno-pop group from Russia. Buranovskiye Babushki represents Russia with "Party For Everybody" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The group consists of eight grandmothers, but only six are allowed to appear on the Eurovision stage. They are originally from the Burano, Udmurt Republic, Russia. The group performs most of their songs in the Udmurt language. The group had previously participated on Russia's Eurovision song selection in 2010 with the song "Dlinnaja-Dlinnaja Beresta I Kak Sdelat Iz Nee Aishon"...

Victor Ekimovsky - composer and musicologist. Born September 12, 1947, in Moscow, son of General Alexei Zakharovich Ekimovsky and Nadezhda Mikhailovna Ekimovskaya (née Karabanova), a physician. Graduated from Gnesin Music College, Moscow, 1966, and from Gnesin Musical-Pedagogic Institute, 1971, where he studied composition with Aram Khachaturyan and history of music with Konstantin Rozenschild; completed post-graduate course in History of Foreign Music under the direction of Galina Filenko at the Leningrad Conservatoire, 1978, with the thesis Olivier Messiaen: Characteristics of His Style and Aesthetics. Candidate of Arts, 1983. Employed as editor at the Publishing House Muzyka, Moscow, 1973-83. List of his...