Is this the only airport named after a composer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin_Airport
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport)
I would also say that Krasnoyarsk airport (Central Siberia) ought to be renamed in honour of the C17th German composer, Scheidt. But so far my suggestions haven't been taken up by the airport's management.
Quote from: False_Dmitry on July 18, 2010, 01:05:31 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport)
I would also say that Krasnoyarsk airport (Central Siberia) ought to be renamed in honour of the C17th German composer, Scheidt. But so far my suggestions haven't been taken up by the airport's management.
I really meant a classical composer...
Quote from: False_Dmitry on July 18, 2010, 01:05:31 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_John_Lennon_Airport)
I would also say that Krasnoyarsk airport (Central Siberia) ought to be renamed in honour of the C17th German composer, Scheidt. But so far my suggestions haven't been taken up by the airport's management.
It will eventually be named the
Sofia Gubaidulina International Airport.
Quote from: Saul on July 18, 2010, 04:01:29 AM
I really meant a classical composer...
I somehow feared that's what you meant.
Quote from: springrite on July 18, 2010, 04:04:23 AM
It will eventually be named the Sofia Gubaidulina International Airport.
Calling Gubaidulina "Russian" is like calling Alun Hoddinott or James Macmillan "English" composers ;) She's a Tartar, from Kazan'. (It's something that rankles with Tartar people, so I always prefer not to mix this up). Perhaps they will rename Kazan' airport after her? :)
Perhaps the most famous Siberian composer went on to write "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "America, America!". Step forward, Irving Berlin - born in Siberia as Israel Balin. But you can imagine the confusion if there was a "Berlin Airport" in the middle of Siberia :)
Quote from: False_Dmitry on July 18, 2010, 05:28:08 AM
Calling Gubaidulina "Russian" is like calling Alun Hoddinott or James Macmillan "English" composers ;) She's a Tartar, from Kazan'. (It's something that rankles with Tartar people, so I always prefer not to mix this up).
Another thing that rankles with Tatar people is calling them "Tartar" - not really insulting as far as I know, but old-fashioned and outdated (like saying "the Ukraine").
Quote from: Velimir on July 18, 2010, 05:55:54 AM
Another thing that rankles with Tatar people is calling them "Tartar" - not really insulting as far as I know, but old-fashioned and outdated (like saying "the Ukraine").
...which my family used to control when they were the "Tatar" Giray Khanate. Sorry, just a shameless plug for my ancestors, who ruled the Crimean and Ukrainian Tatars from the 1430s until the Russians kicked them out. ;D
Quote from: Velimir on July 18, 2010, 05:55:54 AM
Another thing that rankles with Tatar people is calling them "Tartar" - not really insulting as far as I know, but old-fashioned and outdated (like saying "the Ukraine").
It's a fair cop :)
Quote from: False_Dmitry on July 18, 2010, 05:28:08 AM
Calling Gubaidulina "Russian" is like calling Alun Hoddinott or James Macmillan "English" composers ;)
I was thinking "Siberian" in the general sense. ;D