Dmitri Kitayenko
Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title People's Artist of the USSR (1984).
He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union and studied at the Glinka Conservatory and those of Leningrad and Moscow. He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969.[1]
Kitayenko was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years. He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1998), the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (1990–1996),[2] the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra,[3] KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004), and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004). He has also served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970–1976).
References
- ^ Cummings, Robert. "Biography: Dmitri Kitayenko". AMG. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ "Dmitrij Kitajenko". hr-sinfonieorchester.de (in German). Frankfurt. 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "AMERICAN RUSSIAN YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA OPENS AMERICAN TOUR WITH SPECIAL CONCERT AT BARD COLLEGE ON MONDAY, JUNE 14, AT 7 P.M." Bard.Edu
External links
- Homepage of Dmitri Kitayenko
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Preceded by Kirill Kondrashin | Music Director, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra 1976–1990 | Succeeded by Vassily Sinaisky |
Preceded by Aldo Ceccato | Principal Conductor, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra 1990–1998 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Principal Conductor, KBS Symphony Orchestra 1999–2004 | Succeeded by |
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- Hans Rosbaud (1929)
- Otto Frickhoeffer (1937)
- Kurt Schröder (1946)
- Otto Matzerath (1955)
- Dean Dixon (1961)
- Eliahu Inbal (1974)
- Dmitri Kitayenko (1990)
- Hugh Wolff (1997)
- Paavo Järvi (2006)
- Andrés Orozco-Estrada (2014)
- Alain Altinoglu (2021)