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Jul 05, 1945 Moscow, Russia 78 years old
Russian sonductor
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About Alexander Lazarev
- Alexander Nikolayevich Lazarev (Russian: ??????´??? ??????´???? ??´?????; born 5 July 1945, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian conductor.
- He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and later at the Moscow Conservatory with Leo Ginsbourg.
- In 1971, he was the first prize winner in a national conducting competition in the USSR.
- In 1972, he won a first prize and gold medal in the Karajan conducting competition in Berlin. From 1987-1995, Lazarev was both chief conductor and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre, the first person in over thirty years to hold both positions simultaneously.
- From 1992-1995, he was principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
- In 1994, Lazarev became principal guest conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO).
- From 1997-2005, served as principal conductor of the RSNO, and is now its conductor emeritus. Lazarev was the chief conductor of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 September.
