Vadim Gamaleya was born on October 13, 1935 in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, RSFSR, USSR. He was a composer, known for Das Märchen von den Zauberhölzchen (1970), Ponedelnik: den tyazhyolyy (1964) and Varezhka (1967). He died on October 13, 1995 in Moscow, Russia.