Real name: Юрий Васильевич Силантьев

Effective period / Period of releases: 1961 - 1975

Yury Silantiev (10 April 1919, Promsino, Ulianovsk Oblast — 8 February 1983, Moscow) was a Soviet conductor, violinist, and composer, a People's Artist of the USSR (1975). He served as chief conductor of several prolific ensembles:

1940-1948 Song and Dance Ensemble of the NKVD ("Ансамбль песни и пляски НКВД")
1948-1958 Moscow's Symphony Orchestra
1958-1983 All-Union Radio and Central Television Variety Orchestra ("Эстрадный оркестр Всесоюзного Радио и Центрального телевидения")