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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Russian: Валерий Абисалович Гергиев, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ɐbʲɪˈsaləvʲɪdʑ ˈɡʲerɡʲɪjɪf]; Ossetian: Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, romanized: Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director.
Mar 3, 2022 · For years, the conductor Valery Gergiev, Russia’s most powerful classical musician, avidly embraced Vladimir Putin and suffered nothing for it.
Valery Gergiev (born May 2, 1953, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian conductor, known for his charismatic stage presence and passionate performances, who became artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre (previously called Kirov Theatre) in St. Petersburg in 1996.
Feb 19, 2018 · Valery Gergiev is the founder and director of prestigious international festivals including the Stars of the White Nights (since 1993), the Moscow Easter Festival (since 2002), the Gergiev Festival in Rotterdam, the Mikkeli Festival and the 360 Degrees festival in Munich.
Dec 1, 2023 · Valery Gergiev, the star Russian maestro and prominent supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin, was tapped on Friday to lead the storied Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, the Russian...
Born in Moscow, Valery Gergiev studied conducting with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory. At age 24 he was the winner of the Herbert von Karajan Conductors’ Competition in Berlin and made his Mariinsky Opera debut one year later in 1978 conducting Prokofiev’s War and Peace.
Oct 17, 2016 · His support for Putin’s policies, and the recent concert he conducted in the ruins of Palmyra in Syria, have led some in the west to accuse him of being an instrument of state propaganda....
Mar 1, 2022 · Valery Gergiev, the star Russian maestro and prominent supporter of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, was removed Tuesday from his post as chief conductor of the Munich...
Feb 4, 2014 · Valery Gergiev has made statements saying he is not anti-gay and that he has never discriminated against anyone in his entire career.
Valery Gergiev spends about 250 days a year with the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet. He has been Principal Guest Conductor with the Metropolitan Opera since 1997, Principal Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic (one of his first openings in the West), and has worked with most of the world’s leading orchestras.
