Valentin Ilyich Zverev ( May 18, 1942 , Chimkent - June 12, 2011 [1] , Moscow ) - Russian and Soviet flutist and conductor, professor.
| Valentin Zverev | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | May 18, 1942 |
| Place of Birth | Shimkent |
| Date of death | June 12, 2011 (69 years old) |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |
| A country |  USSR →  Russia |
| Professions | performer, conductor , teacher |
| Instruments | flute |
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Biography
He began to study music at the age of 13 in a circle of the palace of pioneers of the city of Voronezh . A year later, he entered the Voronezh College of Music, majoring in flute.
He graduated from college in 1960 and entered the Leningrad State Conservatory (class of I.F. Janus ). In 1984 he graduated from the opera-symphonic conducting course at the Leningrad Conservatory (class of Yu. Kh. Temirkanov ).
1965-1969 Soloist of the Kirov Opera and Ballet Theater (Mariinsky Theater), in 1965-1983 - USSR State Symphony Orchestra , since 1984 - soloist and conductor-assistant of the Grand Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio and Central Television .
From 1965 to 1998, he made many recordings as a soloist-flutist: concerts for flute and orchestra of Mozart , Vivaldi , Kvantz , Myslivechek , Nielsen , works by Gluck , Prokofiev , Rykhlik and others.
In 1988-1992 - Artistic Director of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, soloist of the Moscow Virtuosi Orchestra. Since 1992, the soloist of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra , the head of the chamber orchestra.
From 1998 to 2005 - professor at the Seoul Art Center in the Republic of Korea. Since 2005 - lecturer at the Department of Wind and Percussion Instruments of the Moscow Conservatory .
Died in 2011.
Rewards
- II Prize at the All-Union Wind Instrument Competition (1963)
- A student of the international competition in Budapest, where he participated in parallel in the competition of chamber music and solo (flute) (1965)
- 1st prize of the International ARD Competition in Munich as part of a wind quintet organized by him (1966)
- 1st Prize of the Prague Spring International Competition (1968) (second prize - James Galway )
- 2nd Prize of the International ARD Competition in Munich as a soloist (1970, first prize not awarded)
Notes
Literature
- Bolotin S.V. Encyclopedic Biographical Dictionary of wind musicians. - 2nd ed., Ext. and reslave. - M .: Radunitsa, 1995 .-- S. 101. - 4000 copies. - ISBN 5-88123-007-8 .
- Article by A. S. Abanovich "New work is a challenge for me ...". Interview with V. I. Zverev - M .: Journal of Musical Life, 2010. - No. 6 - P. 36.