David Tukhmanov  David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR (, was born on July 20, 1940, in Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of Russian Federation (2003). Tukhmanov is a son of an Armenian engineer Fyodor Davidovich Tukhmanov and a Russian music teacher Vera Anatolyevna Karasyova. He began to learn music under the direction of his mother at an early age and wrote his first piece of music ("Lezginka"), when he was four years old. Then he finished Gnesins musical school (1958) and composer's branch of Gnesins Musical College (1963). His degree's work was the oratorio for soloists, chorus and an orchestra "Distance After Distance", which is based on fragments of the epic poem of the same name by Alexander Tvardovsky. Tukhmanov is known for several Soviet-themed hit songs such as Victory Day ("Den Pobedy") and other popular songs. His first hit song was Last Electrichka (1968). In 1972 Tukhmanov released his first personally authored album "How Beautiful is the World" and later he created an album-suite "On a Wave of My Memory" (1975). Wave's execution was done in secret, in more remote studios across Moscow, with tight lips and low profile, for fear of censors shutting down the project before fruition, but this did not happen. This album was a record-breaking success for the USSR, becoming a highly sought-after product. It rivaled the top albums of Pink Floyd or Deep Purple in terms of desirability. In 1973 Tukhmanov wrote songs and music for a TV film "This Merry Planet". In the following year he released soundtrack album, which also included several additional songs. The idea of "On a Wave of My Memory" belonged to Tatyana Sashko, the wife of David Tukhmanov, and she was the one who picked the classic poems for the album's songs. It is considered to be the first conceptual Russian rock album. In 1972, "How Beautiful is the World" was released as a trial work. In January, 1981, Tukhmanov organized rock band "Moskva" (Moscow) — Nikolai Noskov (vocals, rhythm guitar), Alexey Belov (vocals, lead guitar, keyboards), Dmitry Serebryakov (drums).