Yury Konstantinovich Laptev (russian: Юрий Константинович Лаптев; born 1960 in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
) is an adviser to the
President of Russia
The president of the Russian Federation ( rus, Президент Российской Федерации, Prezident Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is the head of state of the Russian Federation. The president leads the executive branch of the federal ...
.
Biography
He graduated from the
N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad State Conservatory as an opera singer in 1983 and as an opera director in 1987.
Since 1988, he has been a soloist and director at the
Mariinsky Theatre and at the same time has held the posts of head of the directing department at the Mariinsky Theatre, senior lecturer at the musical theatre department and dean of the vocal faculty at the Leningrad Conservatory.
In 2002, he was awarded the title of
Merited Artist of Russia.
On April 16, 2004, he was appointed adviser to the President.
Sources
Kremlin.ru
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Advisers to the President of Russia
1960 births
Living people
Musicians from Saint Petersburg