Valery Polyansky

Valery Kuzmich Polyansky (Russian: Валерий Кузьмич Полянский; born April 19, 1949, in Moscow) is a Russian orchestral and choral conductor. He is a professor of the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of Russia (1996),^[1] artistic director, chief conductor and founder of the State Symphony Capella of Russia.

Valery Polyansky in May 2019

Biography

Polyansky was born at April 19, 1949 in Moscow.^[2]

He studied at the Academic Music College at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, graduating in 1967. Then he studied at the Moscow Conservatory.^[2]

Awards and honours

• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1989)^[2]
• State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and the arts in 1995^[1]
• People's Artist of Russia (1996)^[2]
• Order of Honour (1999)^[2]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", III and IV degrees (2019, 2007)^[2]
• Order of Saint Sergius of Radonezh [Wikidata]