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Dmitri Kitayenko

Dmitri Kitayenko

Russian conductor (born 1940)

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]

Richard Strauss: Don Juan, excerpt from a 1992 recording with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony

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

  1. [1]
    Cummings, Robert. "Biography: Dmitri Kitayenko". AMG. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Dmitrij Kitajenko". hr-sinfonieorchester.de (in German). Frankfurt. 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. [3]
    "AMERICAN RUSSIAN YOUNG ARTISTS ORCHESTRA OPENS AMERICAN TOUR WITH SPECIAL CONCERT AT BARD COLLEGE ON MONDAY, JUNE 14, AT 7 P.M." Bard.Edu
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