The message reads, in part:
“Your talent as a musician and composer, as well as your determination and truly inexhaustible energy, allowed you to achieve creative success and to create wonderful masterpieces that have won truly nationwide love. Famous stage artists have been performing them for many years, and these masterpieces, featured in films and animated cartoons, make audience happy by introducing them to real art.”
Alexander Zatsepin has composed over 90 soundtracks and more than 300 songs. He has also written several musicals and scores for plays, and has created a number of instrumental pieces.