Pavel Emilyevich Feldt (russian: Павел Эмильевич Фельдт; 1905–1960) was a Soviet conductor and composer. Working for the Kirov Theater he conducted several ballet premieres including

Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throughout his life as a major compo ...

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The Limpid Stream ''The Limpid Stream'' (russian: Светлый ручей, also translated as ''The Bright Stream'') is a ballet in 3 acts, 4 scenes, composed by Dmitri Shostakovich on the libretto by Adrian Piotrovsky and Fyodor Lopukhov, with choreography by F ...

'' and Khachaturian's '' Gayane''. He studied at the Petrograd-Leningrad Conservatory where Shostakovich was a fellow student. He became a ballet conductor at MALEGOT and later at the Kirov Theater in Leningrad. He conducted the premiere of ''The Limpid Stream'' in 1935. In 1942, while the company was evacuated in Perm following the German invasion of Russia, he conducted the premiere of Khachaturian's ''Gayane''. He also conducted the first production of Khachaturian's ballet, ''

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'', in 1956.Shneerson, p. 89

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