Vassily Sinaisky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Russian conductor and pianist
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Place of Birth: Abez, Komi Republic, Russia
About Vassily Sinaisky
- Vassily Serafimovich Sinaisky (Russian: ????´??? ??????´????? ????´?????, born in Abez, Komi Republic, April 20, 1947) is a Russian conductor and pianist.
- He studied conducting with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatory and began his career as assistant to Kirill Kondrashin at the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
- In 1973, he won the Gold Medal at the Karajan Competition in Berlin. Sinaisky was Chief Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1989.
- He served as Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1991 to 1996.
- He has also held the post of Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra.
- He also served as Music Director of the Russian State Orchestra (formerly Evgeny Svetlanov's USSR State Symphony Orchestra), a position he held until 2002, and was principal guest conductor with the Bolshoi Theatre.
- In Russia, he holds a post as professor of conducting at the St Petersburg Conservatoire. Sinaisky was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic from 1996 until January 2012.
- Sinaisky has made several recordings with the BBC Philharmonic for Chandos, including works by Karol Szymanowski, Rodion Shchedrin, Mily Balakirev, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Franz Schreker, as well as a series of recordings of Dmitri Shostakovich's film music.
- Sinaisky now has the title of conductor emeritus with the BBC Philharmonic.Sinaisky was principal conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra from January 2007 through the 2010-2011 season.
- With the Malmö orchestra, he has conducted commercial recordings for the Naxos label, including music of Franz Schmidt.
- He became Conductor in Residence at the Bolshoi Theatre with the 2009-2010 season.
- In August 2010, he was named the Bolshoi's music director and chief conductor.
- In December 2013, Sinaisky resigned his posts with the Bolshoi Theatre, with immediate effect.
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