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).
Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko | |
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Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Китае́нко | |
 Dmitri Kitayenko in 2018 | |
| Born | August 18, 1940 |
| Education | Glinka Conservatory, Leningrad Conservatory, Moscow Conservatory, Music Academy of Vienna |
| Occupation | Conductor |
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]
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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Cummings, Robert. "Biography: Dmitri Kitayenko". AMG. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ a b c "Dmitrij Kitajenko". hr-sinfonieorchester.de (in German). Frankfurt. 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ Caskel, Julian; Hein, Hartmut (1 March 2016). Handbuch Dirigenten: 250 Porträts (in German). Bärenreiter-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7618-7027-3.
- ^ a b Heute, Klassik. "Dmitrij Kitajenko". Klassik Heute (in German). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "American Russian Young Artists Orchestra opens American Tour with special Concert at Bard College on Monday, June 14, at 7 P.M." Bard.Edu
- ^ ""Tiere lügen nie"". Thuner Tagblatt (in German). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2024.