Valery Gergiev

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Valery Gergiev is a prominent Russian conductor renowned for his long tenure leading the Mariinsky Theatre and for his influential presence on the international classical music scene.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian person
conductor
human
opera conductor
orchestral conductor
awardReceived Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation
Order of Merit for the Fatherland
People's Artist of the RSFSR
State Prize of the Russian Federation
countryOfCitizenship Russia
dateOfBirth 1953-05-02
educatedAt Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory
employer Mariinsky Theatre
ethnicGroup Ossetian
familyName Gergiev
fieldOfWork opera
orchestral music
fullName Valery Abisalovich Gergiev
genre classical music
givenName Valery
hasConducted Berlin Philharmonic
London Symphony Orchestra
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Munich Philharmonic
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Vienna Philharmonic
knownFor intense conducting style
long tenure at the Mariinsky Theatre
promotion of Russian composers
name Valery Gergiev
nativeLanguage Russian
notableWork interpretations of works by Prokofiev
interpretations of works by Shostakovich
leadership of the Mariinsky Theatre
performances of Russian opera repertoire
occupation artistic director
conductor
music director
placeOfBirth Moscow
Russian SFSR
Soviet Union
politicalAlignment supporter of Vladimir Putin
positionHeld artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre
principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra
principal conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
principal conductor of the Munich Philharmonic
principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
principal guest conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra
principal guest conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
principal guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
residence Saint Petersburg
sexOrGender male
studiedUnder Ilya Musin


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