Igor Markevitch

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Igor Markevitch was a Ukrainian-born 20th-century conductor and composer renowned for his innovative orchestral works and influential international conducting career.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
conductor
human
child Oleg Caetani
citizenship France
Italy
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1912-07-27
dateOfDeath 1983-03-07
educatedAt École Normale de Musique de Paris
familyName Markevitch
genre ballet music
chamber music
choral music
orchestral music
givenName Igor
heritage Ukrainian
languageOfWorkOrName French
Italian
Russian
movement 20th-century classical music
nativeLanguage Russian
notableFor innovative orchestral writing
international conducting career
notableWork Cantate
Concerto Grosso
Hymnes
Le paradis perdu
Lorenzo il Magnifico NERFINISHED
L’envol d’Icare
Partita
Psaume
Sinfonietta
occupation composer
orchestral conductor
participatedIn Italian Resistance during World War II
placeOfBirth Kyiv
placeOfDeath Antibes NERFINISHED
positionHeld principal conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
principal conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
principal conductor of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
principal conductor of the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux
principal conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
principal conductor of the Spanish National Orchestra
residence Italy
Paris
Switzerland
sexOrGender male
spouse Kyra Nijinsky
Topazia Caetani
studiedUnder Alfred Cortot
Nadia Boulanger

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Igor Markevitch ("Markevitch")
familyName
Herbert Blomstedt
studiedUnder

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