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Pavel Leonidovich Kogan (
Russian
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: Павел Леонидович Коган; born 6 June 1952 in
Moscow
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) is a Russian violinist and conductor who led the
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO) is a Russian orchestra, based in Moscow. The orchestra gives concerts primarily at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. As well, the orchestra gives concerts in ...
from 1989 until 2022.
Maestro Pavel Kogan's career has spanned over 40 years and five continents and has led him to becoming a respected and widely known Russian conductor.
Career
From an early age Kogan’s artistic development was divided between conducting and violin. He was granted special permission to study both disciplines at the same time which was a rarity in the Soviet Union.
In 1970 eighteen-year-old Pavel Kogan, a violin pupil of
Yuri Yankelevich
Yuri Yankelevich (Russian: Юрий Исаевич Янкелевич) (7 March 1909 – 22 September 1973) was a Soviet violin pedagogue who taught many internationally known virtuosos during his long tenure at the Moscow Conservatory.
Life and c ...
at the
Moscow Conservatory
The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...
, shared the 1st prize in the
Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki with
Liana Isakadze
Liana Isakadze ( ka, ლიანა ისაკაძე, russian: Лиана Александровна Исакадзе, german: Liana Isakadse) (born August 2, 1946) is a Georgian violinist.
Life
Born in Tbilisi, the capital of then-Sovie ...
. Thereafter he appeared regularly as a violinist in concerts around the world.
As a conducting pupil of
and Leo Ginsburg, in 1972 the young Kogan gave his debut with the
USSR State Symphony Orchestra
The State Academic Symphony Orchestra "Evgeny Svetlanov" (Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России имени Е. Ф. Светланова) is a Russian orchestra based in Mo ...
and subsequently focused more on conducting. In the years that followed he conducted the leading Soviet orchestras both at home and on tour abroad at the invitation of
Mravinsky, Kondrashin,
Svetlanov and Rozhdestvensky.
In 1988, as a conductor of the
Bolshoi Opera, Kogan opened the season with a new production of Verdi’s La Traviata. That same year he became the head of the
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
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History
The origins of the orchestra can be found in the opera ensemble of ...
.
From 1989 till 2022 Pavel Kogan has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (MSSO) is a Russian orchestra, based in Moscow. The orchestra gives concerts primarily at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, and at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. As well, the orchestra gives concerts in ...
(MSSO), building it into one of Russia’s most widely known orchestras.
From 1998-2005 he served as principal guest conductor of the
Utah Symphony Orchestra
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.
Kogan appeared with many prominent orchestras including the
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
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,
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1951 by Samuil Samosud, as the Moscow Youth Orchestra for young and inexperienced musicians, acquiring its current name in 1953. It is most associated wit ...
, USSR State Radio & TV Symphony Orchestra,
Philadelphia Orchestra
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,
Los Angeles Philharmonic
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,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
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,
Munich Philharmonic
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,
Orchestre National de Belgique
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,
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
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,
RTVE Symphony Orchestra
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The O ...
,
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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,
Staatskapelle Dresden
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, Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires, L'
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
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History
Er ...
,
Orchestre National de France
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,
Houston Symphony
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History
The first concert of what was to become the Houston Symphony took place on June 21, 1 ...
, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and the
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
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.
Pavel Kogan has recorded countless works with the MSSO and other ensembles. Gramophone called Kogan’s Rachmaninoff cycle (Symphonies 1, 2, 3, Symphonic Dances, “Isle of the Dead,” “Vocalize & Scherzo”) “…sparkly, strongly communicative Rachmaninoff... vibrant, soulful and involving.”
Kogan was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his performance of the complete symphonies and vocal cycles of Gustav Mahler. He is a member of the
Russian Academy of Arts
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and recipient of the “Order of Merit” of Russia and of the title “Peoples’ Artist of Russia” among other Russian and overseas awards.
Personal life
Kogan's wife is Aistė Kogan. His son was violinist
Dmitri Kogan
Dmitri Pavlovich Kogan (russian: link=no, Дмитрий Павлович Коган; October 27, 1978 – August 29, 2017) was a Russian violinist and an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.
Early life and career
Dmitri Kogan was b ...
.
Kogan was born into a distinguished musical family – his parents are violinists
Leonid Kogan
Leonid Borisovich Kogan (russian: Леони́д Бори́сович Ко́ган; uk, Леонід Борисович Коган; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider ...
and
Elizaveta Gilels and his uncle is the pianist
Emil Gilels
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Russian: Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс; 19 October 1916 – 14 October 1985) was a Russian pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time.
Early life and educatio ...
.
Recordings
As violinist:
* Haydn Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra. Mozart: Concerto No. 5 for Violin and Orchestra in A Major KV219. Melodiya, LP.
*
Rachmaninov
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of ...
: Symphony No. 3; Symphonic Dances. Moscow State Symphony Orchestra. Alto. CD.
References
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1952 births
Living people
Russian violinists
Russian Jews
Male violinists
Moscow Conservatory alumni
21st-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
21st-century Russian male musicians
21st-century violinists