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Dmitri Kitayenko

Russian conductor (born 1940) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dmitri Kitayenko
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Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; Russian: Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Китае́нко; born 18 August 1940)[1] is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title People's Artist of the USSR (1984).

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He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. He studied at Glinka Conservatory, at Leningrad Conservatory and then at Moscow Conservatory with Leo Ginzburg[2] and at Music Academy of Vienna with Hans Swarowsky.[3] He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969.[1][2]

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

Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970–1976).[4] Then he was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years.[1] He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1998),[1] the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (1990–1996),[2] the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra,[5] the KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004),[4] and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004).[6]

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