Aleksandr Dmitriyev
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dmitriyev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Дми́триев; born in Leningrad on 19 January 1935), PAU, is a Russian conductor of orchestral and choral music and opera. He has been director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Karel Autonomous Republic, and Principal Conductor of the Maly Academic Opera House in Leningrad. Since 1977 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonia.
Students
[edit]Among Dmitriyev's students are Andrey Anikhanov (Honored Artists of the Russian Federation), Vladimir Altshuler and Arkady Steinlucht .[1]
Awards
[edit]- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970)[1]
- People's Artist of the USSR (1990)[1]
- Order of Honour (2005)[1]
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV degree (2010)[1]
- Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art (2000)[1]
References
[edit]- Classica.fm Saint Petersburg. Interview with Alexander Dmitriyev (in Russian)
- Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia. Shostakovich Philharmonics (in Russian)