Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; ; born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title

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(1984). He was born in

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. He studied at Glinka Conservatory, at

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and then at

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with

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and at Music Academy of Vienna with

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. He was a prizewinner in the first

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competition in 1969. Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the

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(1970–1976). Then he was music director of the

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for 14 years. He has also held principal conductorships with the

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(1990–1998), the

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(1990–1996), the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra, the

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(1999–2004), and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitayenko, Dmitri Soviet conductors (music) Musicians from Saint Petersburg 1940 births Living people Moscow Conservatory alumni 20th-century Russian conductors (music) 21st-century Russian conductors (music) Russian male conductors (music) 20th-century Russian male musicians 21st-century Russian male musicians Chief conductors of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Principal conductors of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony