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Alexander Nikolayevich Lazarev (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ла́зарев; born 5 July 1945,
Moscow
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,
Soviet Union
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) is a Russian
conductor. He studied at the
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
Conservatory, and later at the
Moscow
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Conservatory with Leo Ginsbourg. In 1971, he was the first prize winner in a national conducting competition in the USSR. In 1972, he won a first prize and gold medal in the
Karajan conducting competition in
Berlin
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.
From 1987-1995, Lazarev was both chief conductor and artistic director of the
Bolshoi Theatre, the first person in over thirty years to hold both positions simultaneously. From 1992-1995, he was principal guest conductor of the
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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. In 1994, Lazarev became principal guest conductor of the
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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(RSNO). From 1997-2005, served as principal conductor of the RSNO, and is now its conductor emeritus.
Lazarev was the chief conductor of
Japan Philharmonic Orchestra
The (JPO) is a Japanese symphony orchestra based in Tokyo, with administrative offices in Suginami.
History
The orchestra was established on June 22, 1956, as the exclusive subsidiary orchestra under the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting. Akeo Watan ...
from 2009 September.
External links
Biography
1945 births
Living people
Moscow Conservatory alumni
21st-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
21st-century Russian male musicians
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