Yuri Kochnev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yuri Kochnev

Russian conductor

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1942

Place of Birth: Simferopol, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russia

Profession: conductor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Yuri Leonidovich Kochnev (???? ?????????? ??????) (b.
Simferopol, 26 February 1942) is a Russian conductor.Kochnev was born in Simferopol but 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.
He conducted the Russian premieres of The Rise and Fall of Mahogany City by Kurt Weil, and The Whirlpool by the Slovak composer Eugen Suchon, and the world premiere of Margarita (opera) («?????????») by Vladimir Kobekin.
He also introduced Shostakovich's pupil's Benjamin Fleischman's posthumous work Rothschild's Violin to the stage.