Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, whose work included famed ballets such as "Anna Karenina" and "Carmen Suite", has died at the age of 92, Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre said Friday, calling his passing an "enormous tragedy".

Shchedrin, husband of late ballet legend Maya Plisetskaya, was "one of the greatest contemporary geniuses", whose "operas, ballets and symphonies are played on the world's greatest stages", the theatre said in a statement.

"Rodion Shchedrin was a unique phenomenon and marked an entire era in world musical culture."

Shchedrin died in Munich, Germany, where he lived after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but travelled regularly to Russia, according to his publisher Schott Music.

Born December 16, 1932 in Moscow, Shchedrin gained international fame with the "Carmen Suite

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