The chief conductor and musical director of the St. Petersburg Mikhailovsky Theater, Alexander Vedernikov, died in Moscow at the age of 57. This was reported in the press service of the theater on Friday, October 30.
“Last night in Moscow, Alexander Vedernikov, the chief conductor and musical director of the Mikhailovsky Theater, passed away. The last performance he conducted was the opera Rural Honor on October 4 at the opening of the opera season, “the TASS report is quoted as saying.
The general director of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia, Vladimir Urin, said that Vedernikov had one hundred percent lung damage and was diagnosed with a coronavirus.
Vedernikov was born on January 11, 1964 into a well-known musical family. In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory. PI Tchaikovsky, then graduate school at the Conservatory. In 1988-1990 he worked at the Moscow Musical Theater. K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. In 1988-1995 he was assistant to the chief conductor and second conductor of the Symphony Orchestra. P.I.Tchaikovsky.
In 1995 he founded the Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and until 2004 was its artistic director and chief conductor, writes Moscow 24.
In 2001-2009 Vedernikov was the Bolshoi Theater’s musical director and chief conductor. Since September 2018 – Chief Conductor of the Royal Danish Opera. Since February 2019, Vedernikov has been the musical director and chief conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theater, reports RT.
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