Aleksander Aleksandrovich Vedernikov (born January 11, 1964 , Moscow ) is a Soviet and Russian conductor . Honored Artist of the Russian Federation ( 2007 )
| Alexander Vedernikov | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | January 11, 1964 (55 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
| A country |  the USSR  Russia |
| Professions | conductor |
| Years of activity | since 1988 |
| Instruments | the piano |
| Genres | opera, symphony |
| Collectives | The Bolshoi Theatre |
| Awards |  |
The son of the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov and pianist, organist, professor of the Moscow Conservatory Natalia Nikolaevna Gureeva .
Biography
In 1988, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory with a degree in opera and symphony conducting with Leonid Nikolaev, and also improved with Mark Ermler .
In 1988 - 1991, conductor of the Moscow State Academic Musical Theater named after Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko .
From 1988 to 1995, assistant, later the second conductor of the Academic Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra named after P.I. Tchaikovsky under the direction of V. Fedoseev .
In the 1990s, he conducted ballet performances in the theaters of Milan , Turin and Rome ( Swan Lake , The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet ).
In the 1996-1997 season he made his debut in Covent Garden in the ballet performances of Cinderella by Prokofiev and Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
Alexander Vedernikov conducted opera performances in Paris (Grand Opera), Berlin (Deutsche Oper, Komische Oper), Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Zurich and others. In 2013 he made his debut in Metropolitan Opera.
A. Vedernikov performs with well-known Russian orchestras: GASO , RNO , NFOR , Honored Collective of Russia Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic , as well as European orchestras: London Philharmonic, BBC Orchestra, Paris Orchestra, French National Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, NHK Orchestra, Scottish Royal National Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Swedish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, RAI National Orchestra, Symphony orchestras of Washington, Montreal, The Hague, Budapest, Sydney, Sao Paulo and others.
In 1995 - 2004, A. A. Vedernikov was the artistic director and chief conductor of the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra founded by him.
From June 27, 2001 to July 17, 2009 - chief conductor - music director of the Bolshoi Theater. He staged the operas Khovanshchina, Adrienne Lekuvrer, Ruslan and Lyudmila, Turandot, The Flying Dutchman, The Fiery Angel , Children of Rosenthal , War and Peace, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff "," Boris Godunov "(as amended)," The Legend of the City of Kitezh ". He left this post due to disagreements with the theater management.
In 2019, he was appointed chief conductor and musical director of the Mikhailovsky Theater in St. Petersburg [1] .
Among the soloists Vedernikov collaborates with is Marta Argerich, Misha Maysky, Hans-Peter Zimmerman, Yuri Bashmet , Natalya Gutman , Mikhail Pletnev , Nikolay Lugansky , Boris Berezovsky, Andrey Korobeinikov, Alexander Knyazev, Olga Borodina, Sergey Leiferkus and others.
Links
- Alexander Vedernikov on the website of the Moscow Philharmonic .
Notes
- ↑ Alexander Vedernikov will become the musical director of the Mikhailovsky Theater . RIA Novosti (20190114T1539 + 0300Z). Date of treatment January 28, 2019.