Famous conductors of the world

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

Virtuosi

The coherence of a symphony orchestra, the harmonious sound of numerous musical instruments is achieved through the skill of a conductor. No wonder the most talented of them are awarded various high titles and titles, and among the people they are called "virtuosos". And indeed, the impeccable possession of the conductor's baton allows you to bring to each musician sitting in the orchestra pit, all the nuances of a creative impulse. A huge symphony orchestra suddenly begins to sound like a whole, and the musical composition is revealed in all its splendor.

Famous conductors unite on the basis of skill, they all went through high schoolart, they did not immediately gain popularity and recognition of the general public. Popularity is gained over the years. For the most part, well-known conductors, in addition to concert activities, are engaged in teaching, conducting 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 well-known conductors are notable for their special creative perseverance, 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 a high level of musical performance. At the same time, mutual understanding is necessary, which will subsequently serve as a guarantee of successful concert activity.

Famous opera conductors

There are names in the global musical hierarchy that everyone knows. The names 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 all over the world, tour with various musical groups or lead orchestras in major music centers. Opera performances require special coherenceorchestra, accompanied by vocal parts, arias and cavatina. 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 style of work and character traits of each. This helps them make the right choice.

Famous Russian conductors

Music, especially opera, consists of many components. Here is the orchestra, which includes a variety of instruments: wind, string, bow, percussion. Soloists, performers of vocal parts, choir and other participants in the performance. Disparate fragments of an 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. There are conductors in Russia who, with their music, direct the opera along the only true path that leads the viewer to real art.

Famous Russian conductors (list):

• Aleksandrov Alexander Vasilyevich.
• Bashmet Yury Abramovich.
• Rodless Svetlana Borisovna.
• Bogoslovsky Nikita Vladimirovich.
• Bronevitsky Alexander Alexandrovich.
• Vasilenko Sergey Nikiforovich.
• Garanyan Georgy Abramovich.
• Gergiev Valery Abisalovich.
• Gorenstein Mark Borisovich.
• Dyagilev Sergei Aleksandrovich.
• Yevtushenko Alexei Mikhailovich.
• Ermakova Lyudmila Vladimirovna.
• Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich.
• Kazhlaev Murad Magomedovich.
• Kogan Pavel Leonidovich.
• Oleg Lundstrem
• Mravinsky Evgeny Aleksandrovich.
• Svetlanov Evgeniy Fedorovich.
• Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich.

Every well-known Russian conductor can successfully lead any foreign symphony orchestra, it only takes a few rehearsals. The professionalism of the musicians helps to overcome both the language barrier and the difference in styles.

World celebrities

The famous conductors of 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 over forty years. Its popularity is unprecedented. The maestro's name is on the list of the ten greatest contemporary conductors. The musician was born in the 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 MGASO (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, has the title of "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 conductor of Austrian origin Herbert von Karajan (1908-1989) was born into a family of Greek immigrants. At the age of eight he enteredConservatory "Mozarteum" in the city of Salzburg, where he studied for 10 years and received the initial skills of conducting. At the same time, young Karajan was learning to play the piano.

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

The finest hour for the conductor came in 1938, when Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" performed by him was a huge success, after which Herbert was called "Miracle Karajan".

Leonard Bernstein

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

Thanks to his high professionalism, Leonard Bernstein quickly gained popularity and at a young age led the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Being an all-round creative person, the conductor was engaged in literature. He has written about a dozen books on 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 participated 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 Theatre. Yuri Temirkanov became his mentor, and already in 1978 Valery Gergiev stood at the podium and played Prokofiev's opera War and Peace. In 1988, he replaced Yuri Temirkanov after he left for the Leningrad Philharmonic.

The year 1992 was marked by the return to the Kirov Theater of its historical name "Mariinsky Theatre". The theatrical audience of St. Petersburg, in order to get to opera performances, is recorded in advance, months in advance. Today Valery Gergiev is the theater's chief conductor and artistic director.

Evgeny Svetlanov

The well-known conductor, Russian and world, Evgeny Fedorovich Svetlanov (1928-2002) left a noticeable mark on the cultural heritage of Russia. He has the titles of "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 opera and symphony conducting and composition.

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

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

Vladimir Spivakov

Russian conductor Spivakov Vladimir Teodorovich was born in 1944 in the city of Ufa. In 1968 he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, in 1970 he completed his postgraduate studies.

Mastery Vladimir Spivakov studied 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 leader and conductor of the Moscow Virtuosi chamber symphony orchestra, which he personally organized in 1979. He has performed with European orchestras and US musical groups. Conducted at the La Scala Theatre, the Cecilia Academy, 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. Laureate 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 viola by the Italian master Paolo Testore, made in 1758. Bashmet still plays this unique instrument today.

He began active concert activity in 1976, and two years later he received a teaching position at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1996, Yuri Bashmet created the "Experimental Viola Department", where the study of viola parts in symphonic, opera and chamber music takes place. Then he received the title of professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Currently engaged in active charitable and social activities.