Aleksandr Sergeyevich Dmitriyev (; born in
Leningrad
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on 19 January 1935),
PAU, is a
Russian
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conductor of
orchestral
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* String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, a ...
and
choral music
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and
opera
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. He has been director of the
Symphony Orchestra of the Karel Autonomous Republic, and Principal Conductor of the
Maly Academic Opera House in Leningrad. Since 1977 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the
St. Petersburg Philharmonia.
Students
Among Dmitriyev's students are Andrey Anikhanov (Honored Artists of the Russian Federation),
Vladimir Altshuler and .
Awards
* Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970)
*
People's Artist of the USSR
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(1990)
*
Order of Honour (2005)
*
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
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, IV degree (2010)
* Laureate of the
State Prize of the Russian Federation
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in the field of literature and art (2000)
References
* Classica.fm Saint Petersburg
Interview with Alexander Dmitriyev
* Saint Petersburg Encyclopedia
Shostakovich Philharmonics
1935 births
Living people
21st-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
21st-century Russian male musicians
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