Dmitri Kitayenko

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Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; ; born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title People's Artist of the USSR (1984).

He was born in Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union. He studied at Glinka Conservatory, at Leningrad Conservatory and then at Moscow Conservatory with Leo Ginzburg and at Music Academy of Vienna with Hans Swarowsky.

He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969. Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970–1976). Then he was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years. He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1998), the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (1990–1996), the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra, "American Russian Young Artists Orchestra opens American Tour with special Concert at Bard College on Monday, June 14, at 7 P.M." Bard.Edu the KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004), and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004).

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External links

• Homepage of Dmitri Kitayenko Archiv
• Dmitri Kitayenko at Operabase

Categories: Official, Soviet Conductors, Musicians From Saint Petersburg, 1940 Births, Living People, Moscow Conservatory Alumni, 20th-century Russian Conductors, 21st-century Russian Conductors, Russian Male Conductors, 20th-century Russian Male Musicians, 21st-century Russian Male Musicians, Chief Conductors Of The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Conductors Of The Frankfurt Radio Symphony

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