Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov (Александр Александрович Ведерников) (born 11 January 1964, in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. His father, Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov (Ведерников, Александр Филиппович), was a bass at the Bolshoi Theatre, and his mother was a professor of organ at the Moscow Conservatory.[1]
He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Mark Ermler, and on graduation became director of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre 1988-1991. Then he was assistant to Vladimir Fedoseyev at the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio.
Vedernikov is best known as director of the Bolshoi Theatre from 2001 to 2009 during a controversial and difficult tenure, ending after disagreements with the management.[2]
He debuted at Covent Garden's Royal Opera House in 1997.
Selected Recordings
- Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
- Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
- DVD: Rimsky-Korsakov: The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Mikhail Kazakov, Vitaly Panfilov, Tatiana Monogarova, Mikhail Gubsky, Albert Schagidullin, Alexander Naumenko. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari cond. Alexander Vedernikov. Eimuntas Nekrošius, director. 2010
References
- ↑ Bio details given during broadcast of concert conducted by Vedernikov on BBC Radio 3, 20 May 2012
- ↑ Главный дирижер Большого театра Александр Ведерников покинет свой пост
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