Dmitri Kitayenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dmitri Kitayenko

Russian conductor

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1940

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Profession: conductor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Dmitri Kitayenko

  • Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko) (born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor.
  • People's Artist of the USSR (1984). He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union and studied at the Glinka Conservatory and those of Leningrad and Moscow.
  • He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969.Kitayenko was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years.
  • He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1998), the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (1990–1996), KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004) and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004).
  • He has also served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970-1976).

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