The Composer through the Eyes of Contemporaries (the 80th anniversary dedication to Boris Tishchenko (1939-2010))
The article is devoted to the contemporary Russian composer and teacher, professor of the St. Petersburg Conservatory Boris Tishchenko. The composer's personal and professional communication with various Russian cultural figures of the second half of the 20<sup>th</sup> - beginning of the 21st centuries is studied. The place of B. Tishchenko in the genre-and-style-related context of Russian music at the juncture of two centuries is investigated. The article is based on his contemporaries' memoirs, letters and articles about his life and work.