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Valery Gergiev

Russian conductor and opera company director · Netherlands · Musicians · Born 1953 · age 73

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Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.

A life in dates

2015State Prize of the Russian FederationAward2010Dresdner Musikfestspiel-PreisAward2007Officer of the Legion of HonourAward2006Commander of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAwardHerbert von Karajan Music PrizeAward2001State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1999Wolfert van BorselenpenningAward1998State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1994State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1993State Prize of the Russian FederationAward1953Born2 May 1953

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Gergiev at the 2010 Time 100 GalaGergiev at the 2010 Time 100 GalaGergiev in Brussels in 2007Gergiev in Brussels in 2007Valery Gergiev's requiem concert in Tskhinvali, 21 August 2008Valery Gergiev's requiem concert in Tskhinvali, 21 August 2008

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Awards

State Prize of the Russian Federation2015
Dresdner Musikfestspiel-Preis2010
Officer of the Legion of Honour2007
Herbert von Karajan Music Prize2006
Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland2006
State Prize of the Russian Federation2001
Wolfert van Borselenpenning1999
State Prize of the Russian Federation1998
State Prize of the Russian Federation1994
State Prize of the Russian Federation1993
Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Golden Medal for Merit to Culture
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots
Order of Friendship
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Medal "For the Liberation of Palmyra"
Uatsamonga Order
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Commander of the Order of Leopold II
Order "Danaker"
Dank Medal
Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
People's Artist of the Russian Federation
People's Artist of Ukraine
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Honorary Citizen of Saint Petersburg
Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class
Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles
Golden Mask

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Sibling: Larisa Gergieva

About this person

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and of the Bolshoi Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. He was formerly chief conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and of the Munich Philharmonic.

Country
Netherlands
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1953 · age 73

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