Conductor Evgeny Svetlanov
Igor Reznikov 6 September 2023 Today marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of Evgeny Svetlanov—one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, whose performances have long been considered benchmark interpretations. He was born on 6 September 1928. Evgeny Fedorovich was fortunate to grow up in a cultured, creative family: his father and mother […]
Svetlanov. The Pianist. The Early Years
Evgeny Svetlanov studied at the Gnessin School in the studio of Maria Alexandrovna Gurvich who had been a student of Nikolai Medtner. From his early years, she fostered an interest and love for Medtner’s music in the young Svetlanov and he carried this special love throughout his life. Not only did he worship Medtner’s music, […]
Evgeny Svetlanov lights a huge bonfire to the glory of Scriabin
2 April 2015Bertrand Boissard The Poem of Ecstasy, Scriabin’s orchestral masterpiece, and his most famous sheet music, is forever linked to Evgeny Svetlanov. Those lucky enough to have listened to the Russian conductor interpreting this luxuriant work in concert, a true orgy of sounds, are not likely to forget the presence, the power and the […]
René Koering remembers Evgeny Svetlanov
René Koering, Musical Director of Radio France, remembers Evgeny Svetlanov Interview published with the CD “A Tribute to Evgeny Svetlanov”, Debussy and Scriabin, Naïve V4946 What role did Svetlanov play, not just in Russia, but in the world? How is he perceived today?Svetlanov’s place was finally revealed to the non-Soviet world. Svetlanov’s discovery of the […]
A totally committed artist
On the 60th birthday of the conductor Evgeny Svetlanov Irina Strajenkova, 19 August 1988 “Perestroika” has become the most popular word in the Soviet Union, and one could practically associate it with Evgeny Svetlanov, one of the country’s leading conductors and principal conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, which has for many years been […]
A Return to the Bolshoi
International Herald Tribune, January, the 5th, 2000 By George W. Loomis Svetlanov Conducts a Dark, Powerful ‘Maid of Pskov’ MOSCOW — The Bolshoi Theater welcomed the conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov back to the fold with a new production of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Maid of Pskov,” the opera he led at his debut there in 1955. The event […]