Famous Russian conductors. Presentation "Russian conductors of our time"

1. Hello! I am an educator additional education, teacher of choir class, voice and piano. I work in the center children's creativity Avtozavodsky district of Nizhny Novgorodbased on school No. 63With in-depth study music.
2. Let me introduce to you computer presentation"Russian conductors of our time"
3. First I will tell you who a conductor is.
   "Conductor" - French word and it means “to lead.” Accordingly, a conductor is the leader of an orchestral, operatic, and also choral group.Conducting is one of the most complex species musical performance. The conductor owns the artistic interpretation of the work. To the choral conductor you need to monitor the structure of the choir, the correct and simultaneous pronunciation of the text, the correct start and entry. Conducting as an independent profession appeared in the second half of the 19th century. The conductor is the soul of the ensemble!
4. The conductor can lead choir group, as well as opera and symphony. Another name for a choir conductor is a choirmaster.
5. I would like to introduce you to some Russian conductors of our time.
6. Pavel Kogan is one of the most famous conductors in our country. His creative career began more than 40 years ago. Kogan was born in musical family. His parents, Leonid Kogan and Elizavet Gilels, are violinists. Kogan's debut as a conductor took place in 1972 with the USSR State Symphony Orchestra. Since 1989 he has been the artistic director and chief conductor of the MGASO (Moscow State symphony orchestra). Kogan also works with the best orchestras in the world. The conductor is a laureate of the State Prize of Russia and bears the title “ National artist Russia." In addition to the prize, Kogan has many Russian and international awards.
7. Gergiev Valery Abisalovich was born on May 2, 1953 in Moscow. He grew up in North Ossetia. At the age of twelve he entered the Leningrad Conservatory to study conducting. As a student I participated in international competition conductors in Berlin Herberg von Karajan. There he took an honorable second place. After graduating from the conservatory, Gergiev was accepted as an assistant at the Kirov Theater. In 1978 he conducted Prokofiev's opera War and Peace. Gergiev later led the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia. In 1988 he took the place of chief conductor of the Kirov Theater. Gergiev organized his own festival dedicated to Mussorgsky’s operas; subsequently, thematic festivals under the direction of the conductor became a tradition. Gergiev is also the chief conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra. He is the winner of international and Russian awards.
8. Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich was born in 1944 in the city of Ufa. His mother, Ekaterina Osipovna Weintraub, graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in piano. In 1955 Spivakov studied at music school at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1968 he graduated from the conservatory, and in 1970 he graduated from graduate school under the guidance of Yuri Yankelevich. In 1979 he founded the Moscow Virtuosi chamber orchestra and continues to direct it to this day. Spivakov is also the leader music festival in Colmar. In 2001, in Moscow, Vladimir Teodorovich organized the Moscow international festival. He has worked with many American and European orchestras. In 1994 he foundedVladimir Spivakov International Charitable Foundation . He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of Ukraine, etc.
9. Bashmet Yuri Abramovich was born on January 24, 1953 in Rostov-on-Don. He studied at the Lviv Special Music School. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1976. He is the founder of the Moscow Soloists chamber orchestra. Yuri Bashmet is also a violist. Since 1996 he has been a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1996creates and heads the “Experimental Viola Department” at the Moscow Conservatory. Since 2002 he has directed and conducted the State Symphony Orchestra " New Russia" He has worked with the Berlin, New York Philharmonic, Chicago and London Symphony Orchestras. He is a People's Artist of the USSR and a laureate of four State awards Russian Federation.
10. I want to finish my methodological report quote from Valery Filatov “If a choir does not have a conductor, everyone tries to “outshout” the other”
    Conductor, it's like a hint, it's like Magic wand, who with gestures says where and who needs to join, where to pause, he seems to help the orchestra (choir), inspires him and gives him his positive energy.
11. Thank you for your attention!

The Soviet era was generous with talent. The history of world culture includes the names of brilliant Soviet pianists, violinists, cellists, singers and, of course, conductors. At this time, a modern understanding of the role of the conductor - leader, organizer, master - was formed.

What they were like music leaders Soviet era?

Five portraits from the gallery of outstanding conductors.

NIKOLAI GOLOVANOV (1891–1953)

Already at the age of six, during a walk, Nikolai tried to conduct a military orchestra. In 1900, a young music lover was accepted into Synodal School. Here his vocal, conducting and composing abilities were revealed.

Having already become a mature master, Golovanov and great love will write about his years of study: “The Synodal School gave me everything - moral principles, life principles, the ability to work hard and systematically, instilled sacred discipline.”

After several years of working as regent, Nikolai entered the composition class of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1914 he graduated with a small gold medal. Throughout his life, Nikolai Semenovich wrote spiritual chants. He continued to work in this genre even when religion was proclaimed “the opium of the people.”

Fragment of the performance of Tchaikovsky's overture "1812"

In 1915, Golovanov was accepted into the Bolshoi Theater. It all started with a modest position as an assistant choirmaster, and in 1948 he became the chief conductor. Relations with the famous theater were not always smooth: Nikolai Golovanov had to endure many insults and disappointments. But it is not they who remain in history, but brilliant interpretations of Russian opera and symphonic classics, brilliant premieres of works by contemporary composers and the first radio broadcasts classical music in the USSR with his participation.

Conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky recalls the master this way: “He couldn’t stand the middle. The indifferent middle. And in nuance, and in phrasing, and in attitude to the matter.”

Although Golovanov had no student conductors, his interpretations of Russian classics became models for young musicians. Alexander Gauk was destined to become the founder of the Soviet conducting school.

ALEXANDER GAUK (1893–1963)

Alexander Gauk studied at the Petrograd Conservatory. He studied composition in the class of Alexander Glazunov, conducting in the class of Nikolai Cherepnin.

In 1917, the musical and theatrical period of his life began: he worked at the Petrograd Theater musical drama, and then at the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater.

In the 1930s, symphonic music became the center of Gauck's interests. For several years he led the symphony orchestra of the Leningrad Philharmonic, and in 1936 he headed the newly created State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR. He didn’t miss the theater, he only regretted that he never had a chance to stage his favorite “ Queen of Spades» Tchaikovsky.

A. Honegger
Pacific 231

In 1953, Gauk became the chief conductor of the Great Symphony Orchestra of the USSR State Television and Radio. This work was very intense and interesting. The orchestra played the programs, as they say, live. In 1961, the maestro was “politely” sent into retirement.

Gauk's joy was pedagogical activity. Evgeny Mravinsky, Alexander Melik-Pashaev, Evgeny Svetlanov, Nikolai Rabinovich - all of them were students of the maestro.

Evgeniy Mravinsky, himself already a renowned master, will write to his teacher in a congratulatory letter: “You are our only conductor who carries the traditions of a truly great culture.”

EVGENY MRAVINSKY (1903–1988)

Mravinsky's entire life was connected with St. Petersburg-Leningrad. He was born in noble family, but in difficult years he had to deal with “non-noble” affairs. For example, work as an extra at the Mariinsky Theater. Important role The personality of the theater director, Emil Cooper, played a role in his fate: “It was he who introduced into me that “grain of poison” that connected me with the art of conducting for the rest of my life.”

For the sake of music, Mravinsky left university and entered the Petrograd Conservatory. At first the student worked diligently on composition, and then became interested in conducting. In 1929, he came to Gauck’s class and very quickly mastered the basics of this complex (or “dark”, as Rimsky-Korsakov said) business. After graduating from the conservatory, Mravinsky became an assistant conductor of the Leningrad Opera and Ballet Theater.

In 1937, the conductor's first meeting with the music of Dmitry Shostakovich took place. Mravinsky was entrusted with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony.

At first, Shostakovich was even frightened by the conductor’s method of work: “About every measure, about every thought, Mravinsky subjected me to a genuine interrogation, demanding from me an answer to all the doubts that arose in him. But already on the fifth day of our collaboration I realized that this method is absolutely correct.”

After this premiere, Shostakovich’s music will become a constant companion in the maestro’s life.

In 1938, Mravinsky won the First All-Union Conducting Competition and was immediately appointed director of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Many of the orchestra's artists were much older than the conductor, so they did not hesitate to give him “valuable instructions.” But very little time will pass, a working atmosphere will be established at rehearsals, and this team will become proud national culture.

Rehearsal of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

It is not so often in the history of music that we come across examples where a conductor works with one ensemble for several decades. Evgeny Mravinsky led the Philharmonic Orchestra for half a century, his younger colleague Evgeny Svetlanov led the State Orchestra for 35 years.

Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 8

EVGENY SVETLANOV (1928–2002)

For Svetlanov, the Bolshoi Theater was home in in a special sense words. His parents are soloists of an opera troupe. The future maestro made his debut on the famous stage at a tender age: he played little son Cio-Cio-san in Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly.

Almost immediately after graduating from the conservatory, Svetlanov came to the Bolshoi Theater and mastered all the theater classics. In 1963 he became the theater's chief conductor. Together with him, the troupe goes on tour to Milan, to La Scala. Svetlanov brings “Boris Godunov”, “Prince Igor”, “Sadko” to the demanding public.

In 1965, he headed the USSR State Symphony Orchestra (the same one that his teacher Alexander Gauk once led). Together with this team, which became academic in 1972, Svetlanov implemented a large-scale project - “Anthology of Russian symphonic music in the recording." The significance of this work was very precisely defined by the music director of Radio France, Rene Goering, who worked a lot with the conductor: “This real feat Svetlanov, another evidence of his greatness.”

M. Balakirev, symphony No. 2, finale

When working with the State Conservatory, the conductor does not forget about the Bolshoi Theater. In 1988, the production of “The Golden Cockerel” (directed by Georgy Ansimov) became a real sensation. Svetlanov invited the “non-opera” singer Alexander Gradsky to play the extremely complex role of the Astrologer, which added even more originality to the performance.

Concert “Hits of the Outgoing Century”

Among the most important achievements Evgenia Svetlanova - introducing a wide range of listeners to music outstanding composer Nikolai Myaskovsky, very rarely performed by Soviet orchestras.

The return of little-known works to the concert stage has become one of the key tasks for maestro Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

GENNADY ROZHDESTVNSKY (BORN 1931)

Conductors playing instruments or composing music are not uncommon. But conductors who can talk about music are rare. Gennady Rozhdestvensky is a real unique person: he can talk and write about musical works in a fascinating way different eras.

Rozhdestvensky studied conducting from his father, the famous conductor Nikolai Anosov. Mom, singer Natalya Rozhdestvenskaya, did a lot for development artistic taste son. Not yet graduating from the conservatory, Gennady Rozhdestvensky was accepted into the Bolshoi Theater. His debut was Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. In 1961, Rozhdestvensky headed the Great Symphony Orchestra of Central Television and Radio Broadcasting. At this time, the conductor's repertoire preferences emerged.

He mastered the music of the twentieth century with great interest, and also introduced the public to “non-hit” compositions. Musicologist, Doctor of Art History Viktor Tsukkerman admitted in a letter to Rozhdestvensky: “I have long wanted to express my deep respect and even admiration for your selfless, perhaps even ascetic activity in performing either undeservedly forgotten or little-known works.”

A creative approach to the repertoire determined the maestro’s work with other orchestras - well-known and not so well-known, youth and “adult” ones.

All aspiring conductors dream of studying with Professor Rozhdestvensky: for 15 years now he has been heading the department of opera and symphony conducting at the Moscow Conservatory.

The professor knows the answer to the question “Who is a conductor?”: “This is a medium between the author and the listener. Or, if you like, some kind of filter that passes through itself the flow emitted by the score, and then tries to transmit it to the audience."

Film "Triangles of Life"
(with fragments of the conductor's performances), in three parts

It would be unheard of arrogance on my part to talk about famous conductors of all times and peoples. On this score, I can only provide you with a link to the opinion of more authoritative experts than me :). But mine own opinion After all, it also has some value, like any independent opinion of a thinking person, right? Therefore, I proceed as follows: I will try to highlight the main stages in the development of the art of directing and the names associated with these stages famous conductors. This will be fair on all sides :)

• One of early stages conducting

associated with a very bulky object called a battuta. A kind of rod with which the main music director hit the floor, measuring the beat. And with this very trampoline is connected, in turn, the most ridiculous tragic incident in musical world. Composer, musician and conductor Jean-Baptiste Lully died of gangrene in 1687. And the reason was a leg injury while conducting using a trampoline...

• In the 17th century, the role of the conductor

very often performed by the leading musicians of the orchestra. Sometimes they were organists or harpsichordists, but more often they were violinists. Probably, the expression “first violin” came from this tradition? And here I would like to say the following, enough modern name: Willie Boskowski. A violinist and conductor, he served as concertmaster of the famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for several decades of the 20th century. And this orchestra, by tradition, has never had a chief conductor. Boskowski often conducted in the manner of Strauss himself - with a violin in hand.

• At the end of the 18th, in the 19th century, musical works

became so complicated that the next logical step was the formation of the profession of a “liberated” conductor. Now works are performed not only own composition, but also other brothers in the shop. And over time, there is a clear division between types of activities: a conductor is no longer necessarily a composer! One of the first professional conductors who managed to gain an international reputation were Hans von Bulow And Herman Levi.

• One cannot fail to mention such an event – ​​the appearance of the conductor’s baton.

This happened in the 19th century and the form of this important instrument that was determined at that time remains traditional today. And they consider him an inventor German composer and conductor Louis Spohr.

• There is a truly revolutionary moment in the history of conducting.

Namely: the conductor turns to face the orchestra and back to the public! Honestly: I have no idea, but what was it like before this? The maestro couldn’t conduct while facing the audience, but with his back to the musicians?! Well, be that as it may, this event is celebrated as special. And in this regard, I remember the most heartfelt, heart-tugging fragment: the completely deaf Beethoven conducts the premiere of his symphony No. 9. Execution completed. The composer is unable to hear any sounds. With his back to the audience, he cannot see the audience's reaction. And then the musicians turn him around to face the audience and Beethoven sees the triumph his new work has caused.

• Finally, let me voice my personal affection :).

How unexpectedly I found out for myself: it is difficult for me to judge a conductor’s professionalism, so in my assessments I “add” such qualities as artistry and a sense of humor. This is probably why, among the conductors of the 20th century, I single out two: Gennady Rozhdestvensky And Daniel Barenboim. I end this post with a recording of the latter’s speech:

Carlos Kleiber has been named the best conductor of all time.
According to the results of a survey conducted by an English magazine BBC Music Magazine, Carlos Kleiber recognized as the best conductor of all time. The survey was conducted among 100 leading conductors of our time, such as Sir Colin Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Maris Jansons and others, to determine which of their colleagues they admire most (who is an inspiration to them). Carlos Kleiber, the Austrian maestro who performed only 96 concerts and about 400 opera performances in his 74 years, beat out Leonard Bernstein and Claudio Abbado, who came in second and third place respectively.

Susanna Mälkki, Finnish conductor of the French Ensemble Intercontemporain and one of the survey participants, commented on the results: “Carlos Kleiber brought incredible energy to the music... Yes, he had about five times more time for rehearsals than modern conductors can afford, but he deserves it because his vision for music is amazing, he knows exactly what he wants and his attention to to the smallest details really inspiring."

So, 20 Best Conductors of All Time based on a BBC Music Magazine survey conducted in November 2010 and published in March 2011.

1. Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) Austria
2. Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) USA
3. (born 1933) Italy
4. Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) Austria
5. Nikolaus Harnoncourt (born 1929) Austria
6. Sir Simon Rattle (born 1955) UK
7. Wilhelm Furtwangler (1896-1954) Germany
8. Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) Italy
9. Pierre Boulez (born 1925) France
10. Carlo Maria Giulini (1914-2005) Italy
11. John Eliot Gardiner (born 1943) UK
12.
13. Ferenc Fricsay (1914-1963) Hungary
14. George Szell (1897-1970) Hungary
15. Bernard Haitink (born 1929) Netherlands
16. Pierre Monteux (1875-1964) France
17. Evgeny Mravinsky (1903-1988) Russia (USSR)
18. Colin Davis (born 1927) UK
19. Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) UK
20. Charles Mackerras (1925-2010) Australia

Biographical information:
Carlos Kleiber, full name Karl Ludwig Kleiber - Austrian conductor. Born on July 3, 1930 in Berlin, the son of the famous conductor Erich Kleiber. Grew up in Argentina, 1949-1950. studied chemistry in Zurich. Music career started in 1951 as a tutor in Munich. Kleiber's conducting debut took place in 1954 in Potsdam. Then he worked in Düsseldorf, Zurich and Stuttgart. In 1968-1973. worked at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and remained its guest conductor until 1988. In 1973 he performed for the first time at the Vienna State Opera. He performed at La Scala, Covent Garden (since 1974), Metropolitan Opera (since 1988) and other theaters; participated in the Edinburgh Festival (since 1966). He has collaborated with the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras. Last performance conductor took place in 1999. Died on July 13, 2004 in Slovenia.

L.V.Beethoven. Symphony No. 7 op.92.
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Netherlands). Conducted by Carlos Kleiber.

Musical culture cannot exist without conductors, just like the film industry without directors, the literary and publishing industry without editors, and fashion projects without designers. The orchestra leader ensures the organic interaction of all instruments during the performance. The conductor is in charge actor on the stage of the Philharmonic, concert hall or any other music venue.

Virtuosos

The coherence of a symphony orchestra, the harmonious sound of numerous musical instruments achieved through the skill of the conductor. It is not for nothing that the most talented of them are awarded various high ranks and titles, and are popularly called “virtuosos.” Indeed, impeccable control of the conductor’s baton allows each musician sitting in the orchestra pit to convey all the nuances of the creative impulse. A huge symphony orchestra suddenly begins to sound like a single whole, and musical composition at the same time it reveals itself in all its splendor.

Famous conductors are united on the basis of skill; they all went through school high art, popularity and recognition of the general public did not immediately come to them. It has gained popularity over the years. For the most part, well-known conductors, in addition to their concert activities, teach, conduct training courses for young musicians, as well as master classes.

Self-sacrifice

The art of conducting an orchestra requires many years of practice, continuous improvement, which results in endless rehearsals. Some famous conductors are distinguished by their special creative tenacity, bordering on self-sacrifice, when personal life is relegated to the background and only music remains. However, this situation is good for art.

The most famous conductors are bound by contracts with certain musical groups, and this gives them the opportunity to achieve high level execution musical works. At the same time, general mutual understanding is necessary, which will subsequently serve as the key to successful concert activities.

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Famous opera conductors

In the world music hierarchy there are names that everyone knows. Surnames of famous opera conductors can be found on posters, billboards, cruise ships are named after them. This popularity is well deserved, since few people are still able to devote their entire lives, without a trace, to music. The most famous conductors travel around the world, touring with various musical groups or leading orchestras in large music centers. Opera performances require special coordination of the orchestra when accompanying vocal parts, arias and cavatinas. In all music agencies you can find out the names of famous opera conductors who can be invited for a season or a series of performances. Experienced impresarios know the working style and character traits of each person. This helps them make the right choice.

Famous conductors of Russia

Music, especially opera, has many components. There is also an orchestra, which includes a variety of instruments: winds, strings, bows, percussion. Soloists, vocal performers, choir and other participants in the performance. The disparate fragments of the opera performance are united into one whole by the director of the performance and the conductor of the orchestra. Moreover, the latter actively participates in the action from beginning to end. In Russia there are conductors who, with their music, direct opera along the only true path that leads the viewer to real art.

Famous conductors of Russia (list):

• Alexandrov Alexander Vasilievich.
• Bashmet Yuri Abramovich.
• Bezrodnaya Svetlana Borisovna.
• Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich.
• Bronevitsky Alexander Alexandrovich.
• Vasilenko Sergey Nikiforovich.
• Garanyan Georgy Abramovich.
• Gergiev Valery Abisalovich.
• Gorenshtein Mark Borisovich.
• Diaghilev Sergei Alexandrovich.
• Evtushenko Alexey Mikhailovich.
• Ermakova Lyudmila Vladimirovna.
• Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich.
• Kazhlaev Murad Magomedovich.
• Kogan Pavel Leonidovich.
• Lundstrem Oleg Leonidovich
• Mravinsky Evgeniy Alexandrovich.
• Svetlanov Evgeny Fedorovich.
• Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich.

Every famous Russian conductor can successfully lead any foreign symphony orchestra; a few rehearsals are enough for this. The professionalism of musicians helps to overcome both the language barrier and the difference in styles.

World celebrities

Famous conductors in the world are talented musicians recognized by the general public.

Pavel Kogan

The most famous Russian conductor, who has been giving the world his art for more than forty years. His popularity is unprecedented. The maestro's name is on the list of the ten greatest modern conductors. The musician was born into a family of famous violinists, Leonid Kogan and Elizaveta Gilels. Since 1989, he has been the permanent artistic director, as well as the Chief Conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (Moscow State Symphony Orchestra). At the same time, he represents Russia in major music centers in America.

Pavel Kogan performs all over the world with the best symphony orchestras, his art is considered unsurpassed. The maestro is a laureate of the State Prize of Russia and bears the title “People’s Artist of Russia.” Pavel Kogan also has many awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland and the Order of the Arts.

Herbert von Karajan

The world-famous Austrian-born conductor Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) was born into a family of Greek immigrants. At the age of eight he entered the Mozarteum Conservatory in Salzburg, where he studied for 10 years and acquired basic conducting skills. At the same time, young Karayan mastered playing the piano.

The debut took place in 1929 at the Salburg Festival Theater. Herbert conducted Richard Strauss' opera Salome. In the period from 1929 to 1934 he was the Chief Kapellmeister in the theater of the German city of Ulm. Then Karajan for a long time stood at the conductor's stand of the orchestra Vienna Philharmonic. At the same time he performed Charles Gounod's opera "Walpurgis Night".

The conductor's finest hour came in 1938, when Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde" in his performance was a huge success, after which Herbert began to be called "Miracle Karajan".

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), was born into a family of Jewish immigrants. Musical education began for Leonard as a child, he learned to play the piano. However, the boy gradually became accustomed to conducting, and in 1939 he made his debut - young Bernstein performed with a small orchestra a composition of his own composition under called The Birds.

Thanks to his high professionalism, Leonard Bernstein quickly gained popularity and, already in his young years, headed the New York philharmonic orchestra. Being comprehensive creative person, the conductor studied literature. He has written about a dozen books dedicated to music.

Valery Gergiev

The famous conductor Valery Abisalovich Gergiev was born on May 2, 1953 in Moscow. At the age of nineteen he entered the Leningrad Conservatory. As a student he took part in the international conducting competition in Berlin, where he took second place.

After graduating from the conservatory in 1977, the young conductor was accepted as an assistant at the Kirov Theater. Yuri Temirkanov became his mentor, and already in 1978 Valery Gergiev stood at the controls and performed Prokofiev’s opera “War and Peace”. In 1988, he replaced Yuri Temirkanov, after his departure to the Leningrad Philharmonic.

The year 1992 was marked by the return of the Kirov Theater to its historical name " Mariinskii Opera House". The theater public of St. Petersburg, in order to attend opera performances, signs up in advance, months in advance. Today Valery Gergiev is the chief conductor of the theater and its artistic director.

Evgeniy Svetlanov

The famous conductor, Russian and international, Evgeniy Fedorovich Svetlanov (1928-2002) left a noticeable mark on cultural heritage Russia. He holds the titles “Hero of Socialist Labor” and “People’s Artist of the USSR”. He is a laureate of the Lenin and State Prizes of the USSR.

Svetlanov’s creative career began immediately after graduating from the Gnessin Institute in 1951. He continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of opera and symphony conducting and composition.

The debut took place in 1954 on stage Bolshoi Theater in the production of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Pskov Woman". From 1963 to 1965 he was chief conductor of the Bolshoi Theater. During his work, the level of opera performances increased noticeably.

In 1965-2000 combined work artistic director and chief conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR (later Russia).

Vladimir Spivakov

Russian conductor Vladimir Teodorovich Spivakov was born in 1944 in the city of Ufa. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1968 and postgraduate studies in 1970.

Vladimir Spivakov studied his craft at the Gorky Conservatory with Professor Israel Gusman. Later he took a special course in the USA, with Leonard Bernstein and Lorin Maazel.

Currently, he is the permanent director and conductor of the Moscow Virtuosi chamber symphony orchestra, which he personally founded in 1979. He has performed with European orchestras and US musical groups. He has conducted at the La Scala Theatre, the Accademia Cecilia, the Philharmonic of the German city of Cologne and the French Radio. He is the president of the International House of Music in Moscow.

Yuri Bashmet

Russian conductor Bashmet Yuri Abramovich was born on January 24, 1953 in Rostov-on-Don. People's Artist of the USSR. Winner of four State Prizes of the Russian Federation.

In 1976 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory. In 1972, while still a student, he purchased a viola violin Italian master Paolo Testore, made in 1758. On this unique instrument Bashmet still plays today.

Active concert activities began in 1976, and two years later received a teaching position at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1996, Yuri Bashmet created the “Experimental Viola Department”, where the study of viola parts in symphony, opera and chamber music. At the same time he received the title of professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Currently engaged in active charitable and social activities.