Kiril Kondrashin
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Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin (Russian: Кири́лл Петро́вич Кондра́шин, Kirill Petrovič Kondrašin; March 6, 1914 – March 7, 1981) was a conductor.
He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory under another Soviet conductor Boris Khaikin (who was just 3 years older than Kondrashin himself) and conducted at the Maliy Theatre in Leningrad from 1936 to 1943 and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow from 1943. He was artistic director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1960 to 1975 before leaving the Soviet Union in 1978. He took the post of Permanent Guest Conductor of Amsterdam's Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1978 and remained in that position until his death in 1981.
Kondrashin was a close associate of Dmitri Shostakovich and premiered his Fourth and Thirteenth symphonies as well as other orchestral works. [1].
| Preceded by Samuil Samosud |
Music Directors, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra 1960–1975 |
Succeeded by Dmitri Kitaenko |
