Ivanov, Konstantin Konstantinovich

Konstantin Ivanov was born on May 8 [21], 1907 in the city of Efremov (now the Tula Region , Russia ) in the family of a musical instrument master.

In 1920 , after the death of his father, he was taken up by one of the regiments of the Red Army . Having learned to play the trumpet , he served in military cavalry orchestras for several years. He participated in battles on the Western Front , in the First Cavalry Army was a trumpeter-bugler. He composed hiking marches.

Since 1924 he served in Tiflis and studied at the conservatory . Since 1927 he studied at the Fifth State Musical College named after A. Scriabin (now the Academic Music College at the Moscow State Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky ), where he studied under the guidance of A.V. Aleksandrov (composition) and S.N. Vasilenko (instrumentation ) In 1929, he entered the military band-master courses at the Moscow Conservatory , and later transferred to the conducting faculty of the conservatory (symphonic conducting class K. S. Saradzhev and L. M. Ginzburg ) (graduated in 1937 ).

In 1935-1937 - conductor of the orchestra of the Central Theater of the Red Army . Then - assistant conductor of the Opera Studio of the Moscow Conservatory (1937-1938), and in 1938 , after the All-Union Competition of Conductors, which won the third prize, was accepted by the trainee in the USSR State Symphony Orchestra .

In 1939 - 1941 he worked in the Opera Studio-Theater of K. S. Stanislavsky and the Musical Theater of Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko (now the Moscow Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko , where there was a single orchestra accompanying the performances of both of them. In 1941-1946 - in the Grand Symphony Orchestra of the All-Union Radio Committee (now the Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra ).

From 1946 to 1965, he was the chief conductor of the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra. Monumental symphonic works sounded under his control - “ Requiem ” by V. A. Mozart , symphonies by L. van Beethoven , R. Schumann , I. Brahms , Dvorak , “Fantastic Symphony” by G. Berlioz , “ Bells ” by S. V. Rachmaninov and other

Under his leadership, the team expanded its touring geography, having visited the Union republics, cities of the Volga region, the Urals, Siberia and the Far East, in 1956 made the first trip abroad - to Poland. He headed the orchestra on tour in Czechoslovakia, Romania, Belgium, the USA, Japan, and he repeatedly performed with foreign orchestras in Portugal, France, Mexico, Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands and other countries. It was under K.K. Ivanov that the orchestra established itself among the leading world symphony groups.

He graduated from the composer department of the State Musical Pedagogical Institute. The Gnesins (now the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music ; 1970-1973) according to the class of Professor N. I. Peyko.

He also performed as a composer. Member of the Union of Composers of the USSR ^[2] .

He wrote the book “The Magic of Music”, in which he summed up his whole life, which left a noticeable mark on art, the article “On the Permission of the October Revolution” (SM, 1967, No. 12).

He died on April 15, 1984 in Moscow. He was buried at Kuntsevsky cemetery ^[3] .

The art of conductor is characterized by vivid emotionality, the desire for monumentality, and the desire for large forms. The central place in his repertoire was occupied by the works of Russian classics, and first of all by P.I. Tchaikovsky , as well as M.I. Glinka , A.P. Borodin , M.P. Musorgsky , N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov , S V. Rachmaninov , A. N. Skryabin , A. K. Lyadov . An important place in his work was also occupied by the compositions of Soviet composers - N. Ya. Myaskovsky , S. S. Prokofiev , D. D. Shostakovich , N. I. Peiko A. I. Khachaturian , Gia Kancheli .

He is the author of several compositions - the symphonic poem “The Fiery Years”, “The Space Symphony”, the cantata symphony “Glory to Youth” to the verses by V. Mayakovsky , a concert for double bass and orchestra, and vocal compositions.

• 1st All-Union Competition of Conductors (3rd Prize, 1938 )
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( 1943 ) ^[4]
• People's Artist of the RSFSR ( 1956 )
• People's Artist of the USSR ( 1958 )
• Stalin Prize ( 1949 )
• Order of Friendship of Peoples ( 1977 , 1983 ) ^[3]
• Order of the Badge of Honor ( 1967 )
• Medals.

• Musical Encyclopedia. Ch. ed. Yu. V. Keldysh . M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1973-1982

• K.K. Ivanov - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
• Memories of the collaboration of Konstantin Konstantinovich Ivanov with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra ( Frantisek Slama , memorial site )