Yuri Leonidovich Kochnev (Юрий Леонидович Кочнев) (b.
Simferopol, 26 February 1942) is a Russian conductor.
Kochnev was born in Simferopol and from the age of seven grew up in
Vologda. At 15 he entered the Children's School of the Leningrad Conservatory to study viola. He graduated from the
Leningrad Conservatory in viola (1968), music theory (1970) and conducting (1971).
Since 1975 Yuri Kochnev has been Chief Conductor, and since 1991, Artistic Director of,
Saratov Opera and Ballet,
Saratov
Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...
. He conducted the Russian premieres of ''
The Rise and Fall of Mahogany City'' by Kurt Weil, and ''
The Whirlpool'' by the Slovak composer
Eugen Suchoň, and the world premiere of
Margarita (opera) («Маргарита») by
Vladimir Kobekin
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kobekin (Владимир Александрович Кобекин) (b. 22 July 1947, Berezniki) is a Russian composer best known for his opera compositions.
He studied under Sergei Slonimsky at the Leningrad Conservatory ...
. He also introduced Shostakovich's pupil's
Benjamin Fleischman's posthumous work ''
Rothschild's Violin "Rothschild's Violin" (russian: Скрипка Ротшильда, translit=Skripka Rotshilda – also translated as "Rothschild's Fiddle") is a short story by Anton Chekhov.
Publication
"Rothschild's Violin" was first published in ''Russkiye Ved ...
'' to the stage.
[DSCH journal: N 24-25 2006 "Shostakovich completed and orchestrated Rothschild's Violin, and Volkov, together with the conductor Yuri Kochnev, introduced it to the stage."]
References
1942 births
Living people
Musicians from Simferopol
Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
21st-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
21st-century Russian male musicians
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