What is Dmitry Smolsky?
[[File:Дмитрий Брониславович Смо́льский (25 июля 1937), белорусский композитор.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Smolsky in December 2016]] '''Dmitry Smolski''' (July 25, 1937 – September 29, 2017) was a [[Belarus|Belarusian]] composer. He was born in [[Minsk]], [[Belarus]]. He was an Honored Artist of [[Belorussian SSR]] (1975) and a laureate of the State Prize of BSSR (1980). He also received the National Artist of the Republic of [[Belarus]] (1987), laureate of the [[Order of Francysk Skaryna]] (2013), professor. Smolsky was the father of [[Victor Smolski]], guitarist of the [[Germans|German]] sympho metal band [[Almanac]]. Smolsky died on September 29, 2017 in Minks from complications of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nn.by/?c=ar&i=198245&lang=ru|title=Скончался композитор Дмитрий Смольский|language=ru|trans-title=Dmitry Smolsky passed away|date=2017-09-29|publisher=[[Nasha Niva]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smolsky, Dmitry}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century composers]] [[Category:Musicians from Minsk]] {{bio-stub}}