Alexander Lazarev conductor family. A series of educational concerts “Stories with the Orchestra”

“Towards the end” of the 235th season, the Bolshoi Theater prepared two more ballet premieres, thereby continuing the retrospective series of choreographic masterpieces of the twentieth century, which included the December premieres of last year - the restored one-act ballets of George Balanchine “Serenade” (1935) and “Rubies” ( 1967), as well as "Herman Schmerman" by William Forsythe (1992). There was already a post about these Bolshoi performances - .
"Symphony of Psalms" (1978) by Jiri Kylian and "Chroma" (2006) by Wayne McGregor were selected for the production (the premiere shows of the new products took place on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater on July 21-25).

The ballet impressed me even before the New Year with a strong sense of the sinister underlying nature that lurks under the “exemplary Hollywood smiles” and the “polished to a shine” edges of the performers’ choreographic talent. "Rubies" also entered new program. By the way, the impression of a “bloody conspiracy” hidden under a secular gloss (something like the “secrets of the Madrid court”) remained this time too: I think that the reason is not so much in the unexpectedly aggressive plasticity of courtly ensembles and solos for J. Balanchine, but in energy of Stravinsky's music.

The performance included: Honored Artist of Russia Nina Kaptsova, Andrey Bolotin, Honored Artist of Russia Ekaterina Shipulina, Alexander Vorobyov, Klim Efimov, Mikhail Kochan, Denis Rodkin, Daria Bochkova, Daria Gurevich, Ksenia Kern, Ilona Matsiy, Svetlana Pavlova, Yanina Parienko, Ana Turazashvili, Daria Khokhlova.

"CHROMA"- a ballet in one act to the music of Joby Talbot and Jack White.
Choreographer: Wayne McGregor.
Assistant choreographers: Antoine Vereecken, Odette Hughes, Miranda Lind.
Assistant production designer: Mark Treeharn.
Production designer: John Pawson.
Costume designer: Moritz Junge.
Lighting designer: Lucy Carter.

Participating in the performance: Honored Artist of the Republic North Ossetia-Alania Ekaterina Krysanova, Honored Artist of Russia Svetlana Lunkina, Victoria Litvinova, Honored Artist of Russia Ekaterina Shipulina, Honored Artist of Russia Yan Godovsky, Maxim Surov, Vladislav Lantratov, Vyacheslav Lopatin, Artyom Ovcharenko, Igor Tsvirko.

Considering that we have not yet staged McGregor’s ballets, his almost new “Chroma” opened this evening of one-act ballets.
Historical background: In 2006, thirty-six-year-old choreographer Wayne McGregor was appointed resident choreographer of the Royal Ballet (part of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Britain's most prestigious ballet company. So for the first time in the history of the Royal Ballet, an avant-garde choreographer was invited to this post.
The ballet "Chroma" (literally, "coloration", "color intensity", "absence of white") was conceived as a project combining avant-garde choreography, music and design.
The set implements the “manifesto of emptiness” of the founder of modern architectural minimalism, John Pawson: the volume of the stage is compressed by a quarter, to a rectangular light box (which, however, has all the corners and edges rounded, and the rest of the stage space is covered with a black screen with an opening reminiscent of a movie frame in shape on film), turning into a rectangular portal cutting through the backdrop of the stage (according to John Pawson’s design, mystical characters will enter the stage from there: half-cyborgs, half-insects). Thanks to the play of light (lighting designer Lucy Carter), the appearance of the snow-white walls is constantly changing, “breaking the space.”
The music is also pure avant-garde (try to imagine the techno-style score performed by a live symphony orchestra) - bright compositions by Joby Talbot combined with his orchestral arrangements of three compositions by the White Stripes.
Costumes of linen shades from golden sand to pinkish create the illusion of “abstract disembodiment” of the characters in full accordance with the unimaginable requirements of McGregor’s choreography. The performers work to the limit of their body's capabilities: well, a living person cannot have a transverse split of more than 270 degrees and jump with such an unnatural turn of the body! If at first the choreography of "Chroma" was associated with the "life of insects", then by the end it gradually transforms into the kinks and bends of ultra-modern plasticity jewelry. At the same time, it remains completely unclear how it is even possible to dance. However, four ballerinas and six dancers are quite successful in such tricks! Bravo!

"Symphony of Psalms"- ballet in one act to the music of Igor Stravinsky.
Choreographer: Jiri Kylian.
Production designer: William Katz.
Costume designer: Joop Stokvis.
Lighting designer: Jupe Kaboort.
The author of the lighting edition is Kiis Tjebbes.
Choir director - Valery Borisov.
Assistant choreographers: Cora Bos-Kroese, Ken Ossola.
Conductor-producer - Igor Dronov.

Participants in the performance: Anna Rebetskaya, Yuri Baranov, Anna Tikhomirova, Alexander Smolyaninov, Yulia Grebenshchikova, Artyom Ovcharenko, Yulia Lunkina, Alexey Torgunakov, Chinara Alizade, Anton Savichev, Angelina Vorontsova, Dmitry Dorokhov, Anna Balukova, Igor Tsvirko, Maria Prorvach, Dmitry Zagrebin.

With the arrival of the new artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater ballet (Sergei Filin, if you remember, previously directed the ballet troupe “Stasik”, and it was for “Stasik” that he managed to get permission from Jiri Kylian to stage my favorite ballets “Six Dances” and “The Little Death” ", - more about this here:), it was quite natural to expect this master of modern choreography on the stage of the Bolshoi ballet performances. Moreover, Jiri Kylian himself, who was personally present at the Russian premiere of his ballets in Stasik (July 11 last year), was quite pleased with the result he saw, and even bowed to the public.
One of Kilian’s early productions is “Symphony of Psalms” to the music of the vocal-symphonic cycle of the same name by I.F. Stravinsky (1882-1971). By the way, “Symphony of Psalms” was written in 1930 “For the Glory of the Lord God” by order of the Russian conductor Sergei Koussevitzky, who headed the Boston Orchestra (USA). “Symphony of Psalms” consists of 3 parts (the first is the sinner’s appeal to the mercy of the Lord with a prayer for salvation; the second is gratitude for the mercy received; the third is Hallelujah, a hymn of praise and glory to the Most High), but is not a canonical religious work, although the texts for choral the scores are taken from psalms No. 28, 39 and 150 - all in the Orthodox version catholic church (choral singing in Latin, in terms of the variety of moods - from stingy restraint on feelings to an outburst of emotions - it was reminiscent of Carl Orff's cantata "Carmina Burana", about which there was also a recording - ). According to the composer’s plan, in the “Symphony of Psalms” both the orchestra and the choir should be equally significant in sound, so the composition of the large symphony orchestra was reduced by him at the expense of clarinets, violins and violas, which, on the scale of the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater, made it possible to place more in the orchestra pit and choir
The ballet "Symphony of Psalms" does not feature stars, but eight pairs of young performers demonstrate excellent choreographic technique and emotional maturity to convey through the language of dance the powerful spiritual message inherent in Stravinsky's music. There are no solo parts here; if this is a prayer, then it is a collective prayer, although each couple, and individual characters too, participate in it in their own way, everything is like in life: there is strong personalities, there are those who are broken in spirit. But in the finale, all the participants in this ensemble (albeit brought together in such different ways!) walk under the rows of antique Persian carpets hung on the backdrop of the stage (like under the iconostasis of a cathedral) synchronously, in a single line stretching across the entire width of the stage, gradually disappearing there in the darkness as if dissolving.
By the way, there is a very interesting design solution for the performance: light costumes emphasize the emotional defenselessness and bodily vulnerability of the characters with soft silhouette lines and pastel colors from gray to pale pink, and the action takes place against the backdrop of a large collection of carpets self made, different both in size and in ornament, but selected in one color scheme- red with gold. “I thought for a long time about how we could make such a timeless space, and suddenly at the flea market I saw all these wonderful carpets - just imagine, to weave one carpet, it takes a master a year, and we have 100 of them, that is, on stage - whole human life", explained the production designer of the play, William Katz.
And one more thing: the production of “Symphony of Psalms” on the stage of the Netherlands Dance Theater (NDT) in 1984, thanks to the fundamentally innovative choreography of Jiri Kylian, literally saved his troupe from collapse, and the theater itself from ruin (so actively the enthusiastic audience began to buy up tickets)!

Alena Baeva

One of the most brilliant violinists of our time. Born in 1985 into a family of musicians. She started playing the violin at the age of five in Alma-Ata in the class of Olga Danilova. In Moscow she studied with Professor Eduard Grach - at the Central Music School (1995-2002) and the Moscow Conservatory (2002-2007). At the invitation of Mstislav Rostropovich, she trained in France in 2003. As part of master classes, she studied with Ida Handel, Shlomo Mintz, Boris Garlitsky and Maxim Vengerov.

Since 1994, she has repeatedly become a laureate of Russian and international competitions. Winner of competitions in Novosibirsk, Warsaw, Kloster-Schonthal and Poznan; awarded the Grand Prix of the II Moscow International competition violinists named after Paganini (2004) with the right to play for a year on the Stradivarius violin that belonged to Henryk Wieniawski. In 2007, she won the Gold Medal and the Audience Award at the III International Music Competition in Sendai (Japan). In the same year she was awarded the Russian youth prize "Triumph".

Performs in the best halls in the world, including the Great Halls of the Moscow Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Verdi Hall in Milan, the Louvre Concert Hall, the Gaveau Hall, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the UNESCO Headquarters Hall in Paris, Victoria. hall in Geneva, Carnegie Hall in New York and many others. Participates in various festivals, including “December Evenings of Svyatoslav Richter”, “Return”, “Crescendo”, “Stars of the White Nights” (Russia), “Virtuosos of the 21st Century” (USA), “Seiji Ozawa Academy” (Switzerland), “ Violin in the Louvre" (France) and many others - in Austria, Greece, Turkey, Brazil.

Baeva gives concerts with the world's leading orchestras. Among them are the Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after Svetlanov, the Honored Ensemble of Russia Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Royal Danish Opera Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival String Orchestra and many others. Among the conductors with whom Baeva has performed are Alexander Lazarev, Vladimir Fedoseev, Paavo Berglund, Sir Neville Marriner, Sakari Oramo, Kazuki Yamada. She pays much attention to chamber music: her stage partners were Yuri Bashmet, Itamar Golan, Alexander Knyazev, Vadim Kholodenko, Vladislav Pesin, Maxim Rysanov, Christina Blaumane. In 2014, Baeva created a string quartet.

Among the events recent years– debut at the Salle Pleyel in Paris with the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev (the concert was recorded by the Mezzo TV channel); participation in the largest European open-air concert in Nuremberg (120 thousand listeners), broadcast by Bavarian Radio; performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto with Boris Andrianov, Stefan Vladar and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra; performances with the National Orchestra of Lille (France) conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus, with the English Chamber Orchestra in London, with the chamber ensemble “Trondheim Soloists” in Norway.

The violinist's discography includes concerts by Tchaikovsky, Bruch, Bartok, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Szymanowski, sonatas by Poulenc, Prokofiev, Debussy. A number of stock recordings were also made on radio and television in Russia, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Poland, Israel, Japan and the USA. Baeva’s concerts were broadcast by the TV channels “Culture”, “TV-Center”, Mezzo, Arte, and BBC radio.

Alena Baeva plays the 1697 Molitor violin by Antonio Stradivari, provided by Maxim Viktorov.

Alexander Lazarev

Alexander Lazarev is one of the leading conductors of our country, People's Artist Russia (1982). Born in 1945, he studied with Leo Ginzburg at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1971 he won 1st prize at the All-Union Conducting Competition, and the following year - 1st prize and a gold medal at the Karajan Competition in Berlin.

Since 1973, Lazarev worked in Bolshoi Theater, where in 1974, under his direction, the first production of Prokofiev’s opera “The Gambler” took place in Russian (directed by Boris Pokrovsky). In 1978, Lazarev founded the Bolshoi Theater Soloists Ensemble, an important part of whose activities was the popularization of modern music; With Lazarev, the Ensemble performed a number of premieres and made many recordings. In 1986, Lazarev was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR for concert programs and performances of the Bolshoi Theater. In 1987-1995 – chief conductor and artistic director of the theater. The maestro's period at the helm of the Bolshoi was marked by intense touring activities, including performances in Tokyo, La Scala in Milan, the Edinburgh Festival and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

At the Bolshoi Theater he conducted the operas Ruslan and Lyudmila by Glinka, The Stone Guest by Dargomyzhsky, Iolanta, Eugene Onegin and Queen of Spades"Tchaikovsky, "The Tsar's Bride", "The Tale of invisible city Kitezh and the Virgin Fevronia”, “Mozart and Salieri”, “Sadko” by Rimsky-Korsakov, “Boris Godunov” and “Khovanshchina” by Mussorgsky, “Betrothal in a Monastery” by Prokofiev, “The Barber of Seville” by Rossini, “Rigoletto”, “La Traviata”, “Don Carlos” by Verdi, “Faust” by Gounod, “Tosca” by Puccini; ballets “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky, “Anna Karenina” by Shchedrin, “Ivan the Terrible” to music by Prokofiev.

Under the direction of Lazarev, productions of the operas “A Life for the Tsar” by Glinka, “The Snow Maiden”, “Mlada”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and “The Night Before Christmas” by Rimsky-Korsakov, “ Maid of Orleans"Tchaikovsky, "Prince Igor" by Borodin, "The Miserly Knight" and "Aleko" by Rachmaninov, "The Gambler" and "The Tale of a Real Man" by Prokofiev, "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Molchanov, "The Abduction of the Moon" by Taktakishvili; ballets “The Seagull” and “The Lady with the Dog” by Shchedrin. A number of productions (“A Life for the Tsar”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “Mlada”) were filmed on television. With Lazarev, the theater orchestra made a number of recordings for Erato.

Among the orchestras with which the conductor has collaborated are the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic, the Concertgebouw, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, the National Orchestra of France, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, the NHK Orchestra ( Japan), Cleveland and Montreal orchestras. He performed with the theater companies of La Monnaie, Arena di Verona, Opera Bastille, Geneva Opera, Bavarian State Opera and Lyon National Opera. The conductor's repertoire includes works from the 18th century to the avant-garde.

Having made his debut in London in 1987, Lazarev became a regular guest in the UK. In 1992-1995. he is the principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, from 1994 he was the principal guest conductor, from 1997 to 2005 he was the principal conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (today he is honorary conductor). The maestro's work with British orchestras resulted in numerous recordings, performances at the BBC Proms festival and intense touring activities. From 2008 to 2016, Lazarev headed the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he recorded all the symphonies of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and is working on recording the symphonies of Glazunov.

Lazarev made dozens of recordings at Melodiya, Virgin Classics, Sony Classical, Hyperion, BMG, BIS, Linn Records, Octavia Records. Actively collaborates with leading symphony groups in Moscow: the Russian National Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, “ New Russia", Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic. In 2009, Lazarev returned to the Bolshoi Theater as a permanent guest conductor. In 2010, the conductor was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. In 2016, he received the Moscow Prize in the field of literature and art for the production of “Khovanshchina” at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko MAMT.

Among Lazarev’s works in recent years are productions of the operas “The Enchantress” by Tchaikovsky at the Bolshoi Theater, “Khovanshchina” by Mussorgsky, “The Love for Three Oranges” by Prokofiev and “The Queen of Spades” by Tchaikovsky at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko MAMT, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Shostakovich at the Geneva Opera, “The Rake’s Progress” and “The Fairy’s Kiss” by Stravinsky in the opera houses of Lyon and Bordeaux, performances of such large-scale works as Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, Rachmaninoff’s Second and Third Symphonies, Strauss’s “Home Symphony”, Tchaikovsky’s “Manfred”, “Taras” Bulba" Janacek and others.

“The concept of interpretation is often replaced by the concept of high-quality execution, and nothing more,” says Lazarev. – But this is only the basis: the conductor’s will, the conductor’s message, the conductor’s vision are needed. Another thing is that a conductor is nothing without an orchestra. They are connected very tightly, it is a passionate love that often turns into hatred. I have heard many times how one orchestra with two different conductors sounded like two different orchestras. Here is the answer to the question whether a conductor is needed and why.”

State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after E. F. Svetlanov

The State Orchestra of Russia named after E. F. Svetlanov, one of the oldest symphony groups in the country, celebrated its 80th anniversary. The first performance of the orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gauk and Erich Kleiber, took place on October 5, 1936 in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

IN different years The State Orchestra was led by outstanding musicians Alexander Gauk (1936-1941), Nathan Rakhlin (1941-1945), Konstantin Ivanov (1946-1965) and Evgeny Svetlanov (1965-2000). On October 27, 2005, the team was named after Evgeniy Svetlanov.

In 2000-2002 The orchestra was led by Vasily Sinaisky, in 2002-2011. – Mark Gorenstein. On October 24, 2011, Vladimir Yurovsky, a world-famous conductor who collaborates with the largest opera houses and symphony orchestras in the world, was appointed artistic director of the ensemble. Since the 2016/17 season, the main guest conductor of the State Orchestra is Vasily Petrenko.

The orchestra's concerts took place at the most famous concert venues in the world, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall and the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, Musikverein in Vienna, Albert Hall in London, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Teatro National Opera Colon in Buenos Aires, Suntory Hall in Tokyo. In 2013, the orchestra performed for the first time on Red Square in Moscow.

Behind the board of the group were Herman Abendroth, Ernest Ansermet, Leo Blech, Nikolai Golovanov, Kurt Sanderling, Otto Klemperer, Kirill Kondrashin, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Mazur, Nikolai Malko, Igor Markevich, Evgeniy Mravinsky, Charles Munsch, Mstislav Rostropovich, Saulius Sondeckis, Igor Stravinsky, Arvid Jansons, Charles Duthoit, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Mikhail Yurovsky, Valery Gergiev, Alexander Lazarev, Andrey Boreiko, Alexander Vedernikov, Ion Marin, Gintaras Rinkevičius, Alexander Sladkovsky and other wonderful conductors.

The orchestra featured singers Irina Arkhipova, Galina Vishnevskaya, Sergei Lemeshev, Elena Obraztsova, Maria Guleghina, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Jonas Kaufman, Dmitry Hvorostovsky, pianists Emil Gilels, Van Cliburn, Heinrich Neuhaus, Nikolai Petrov, Svyatoslav Richter, Maria Yudina, Valery Afanasyev, Eliso Virsaladze, Evgeny Kisin, Grigory Sokolov, Alexey Lyubimov, Boris Berezovsky, Nikolay Lugansky, Denis Matsuev, violinists Leonid Kogan, Yehudi Menukhin, David Oistrakh, Maxim Vengerov, Victor Pikaizen, Vadim Repin, Vladimir Spivakov, Victor Tretyakov, violist Yuri Bashmet, cellists Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Gutman, Alexander Knyazev, Alexander Rudin. In recent years, the list of soloists collaborating with the group has been replenished with the names of singers Waltraud Mayer, Anna Netrebko, Khibla Gerzmava, Alexandrina Pendachanskaya, Nadezhda Gulitskaya, Ekaterina Kichigina, Ildar Abdrazakov, Dmitry Korczak, Vasily Ladyuk, Rene Pape, pianists Mitsuko Uchida, Rudolf Buchbinder, violinists Leonidas Kavakos, Patricia Kopatchinskaya, Julia Fisher, Daniel Hope, Nikolai Znaider, Sergei Krylov. Considerable attention is also paid working together with young musicians, including conductors Stanislav Kochanovsky, Andris Poga, Marius Stravinsky, Philipp Chizhevsky, pianists Luca Debargue, Philipp Kopachevsky, Jan Lisetsky, Dmitry Masleev, Alexander Romanovsky, violinists Alena Baeva, Ailen Pritchin, Valery Sokolov, Pavel Milyukov, cellist Alexander Ramm.

First time going to foreign tours in 1956, the orchestra has since represented Russian art in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Denmark, Italy, Canada, China, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, USA, Thailand, France, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, South Korea, Japan and many other countries.

The band's discography includes hundreds of records and CDs released by leading companies in Russia and abroad (Melodiya, Bomba-Piter, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI Classics, BMG, Naxos, Chandos, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm, Toccata Classics, Fancymusic and others). A special place This collection includes the “Anthology of Russian Symphonic Music,” which includes audio recordings of works by Russian composers from Glinka to Stravinsky (conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov). Recordings of the orchestra's concerts were made by Mezzo, Medici, Rossiya 1 and Kultura TV channels, and Orpheus radio.

Recently, the State Orchestra performed at festivals in Grafenegg (Austria), Kissinger Sommer in Bad Kissingen (Germany), Arts Square in St. Petersburg, VI Mstislav Rostropovich Festival in Moscow, III Russian Symphony Forum in Yekaterinburg, Platonov Arts Festival in Voronezh; performed world premieres of works by Alexander Vustin, Sergei Slonimsky, Anton Batagov, Andrei Semenov, Vladimir Nikolaev, Oleg Paiberdin, Efrem Podgaits, Yuri Sherling, as well as Russian premieres of works by Beethoven - Mahler, Scriabin - Nemtin, Orff, Berio, Stockhausen, Tavener, Kurtag , Adams, Silvestrov, Shchedrin, Tarnopolsky, Gennady Gladkov; took part in the XV International Tchaikovsky Competition and the I International Competition for Young Pianists Grand Piano Competition; four times presented the annual cycle of educational concerts “Vladimir Yurovsky Conducts and Tells”; participated three times in the festival of contemporary music “Another Space”; visited the cities of Russia, Austria, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Spain, Turkey, China.

In September 2015, Vladimir Yurovsky announced a long-term project “80 premieres”, within the framework of which the ensemble, which celebrated its 80th anniversary, performs eighty premieres – world, Russian and Moscow – over several seasons. Since January 2016, the State Orchestra has been implementing a special project to support composers’ creativity, which involves close cooperation with contemporary Russian authors. The first “composer in residence” in the history of the State Orchestra was Alexander Vustin.

For outstanding creative achievements the team has held the honorary title “academic” since 1972; in 1986 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, in 2006 and 2011. awarded the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation.

Soviet and Russian conductor, People's Artist of Russia Alexander Nikolaevich Lazarev was born on July 5, 1945.

Graduated in 1963 Music school them. October Revolution(now Moscow state institute music named after A.G. Schnittke) in the button accordion class and entered the State Musical Pedagogical Institute named after. Gnesins (now - Russian Academy music named after the Gnessins) at the Faculty of Folk Instruments. After the first year he was drafted into the ranks Soviet army. In 1967, he continued his education with a degree in conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory (now the St. Petersburg Conservatory) in the class of Isaiah Sherman. In 1968 he transferred to the Moscow Conservatory (class of Leo Ginzburg), from which he graduated in 1972. In 1975, he completed an assistant internship at the Conservatory (supervisor Ginzburg).

Since 1973 - conductor of the Bolshoi Theater, in 1987-1995 - chief conductor and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater.

In 1978 he founded the Bolshoi Theater Soloists Ensemble.

At the Bolshoi Theater he conducted the operas “Iolanta”, “Eugene Onegin”, “The Queen of Spades” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia”, “Sadko”, “The Tsar’s Bride”, “Mozart and Salieri” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov , "Boris Godunov", "Khovanshchina" by Modest Mussorgsky, "The Stone Guest" by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, "Don Carlos", "Rigoletto", "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, "The Barber of Seville" by Gioachino Rossini, "Faust" by Charles Gounod, "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Mikhail Glinka, "Tosca" by Giacomo Puccini, "Betrothal in a Monastery" by Sergei Prokofiev; ballets "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky, "Anna Karenina" by Rodion Shchedrin, "Ivan the Terrible" to the music of Sergei Prokofiev.

At the Bolshoi Theater he staged the operas “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” by Kirill Molchanov, “The Abduction of the Moon” by Otar Taktakishvili, “The Player”, “The Tale of a Real Man” by Sergei Prokofiev, “The Snow Maiden”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”, “Mlada”, “ The Night Before Christmas by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, A Life for the Tsar by Mikhail Glinka, The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin, The Miserly Knight, Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninov, ballets The Seagull, The Lady with dog" by Rodion Shchedrin.

He worked and recorded a lot with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow and Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestras, the Symphony Orchestra and the Great Choir of the All-Union Radio and Television. Conducted a number of monographic concert programs dedicated to Cesar Frank, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Dmitry Shostakovich. He performed with outstanding Russian musicians Leonid Kogan, Vladimir Spivakov, Viktor Tretyakov, Yuri Bashmet and others. He toured abroad as a symphony conductor, performing works by Hector Berlioz, Dmitry Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Rodion Shchedrin, and Andrei Eshpai.

In 1982-1992 and 2004-2006 he taught at the department of opera and symphony conducting of the orchestral faculty of the Moscow Conservatory. Taught an orchestra class and a practice course at the opera house.

From 1992 to 1995 he was principal guest conductor of the BBC London Symphony Orchestra.

In 1994-1997 he was chief guest conductor, in 1997-2005 he was chief conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and currently he is honorary conductor.

He has collaborated with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic Orchestras, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia, the National Orchestra of France, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Radio Orchestra, and the NH Symphony Orchestra. Kei (Tokyo), the Cleveland Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

He collaborated with such theaters as the Royal Theater La Monnaie, Arena di Verona, Paris National Opera, Grand Theater of Geneva, Bavarian National Opera, Lyon National Opera.

In recent years he has been working as a permanent guest conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, performing with these ensembles in London, Paris and Vienna. Alexander Lazarev actively collaborates with the leading symphony orchestras of Moscow and St. Petersburg: the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, and the State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia".

Since 2008, he has been chief conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2009, Alexander Lazarev returned to the Bolshoi Theater of Russia as a permanent guest conductor.

The conductor's extensive discography includes recordings with the Bolshoi Theater Symphony Orchestra (Erato, Melody), the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Sony Classical), the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Hyperion, BMG), and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (BIS, Linn Records), with the Japanese Yomiuri Symphony Orchestra (Octavia Records), etc.

Alexander Lazarev - People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982), laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR (1986) for concert programs and performances of the Bolshoi Theater in 1983-1985, Lenin Komsomol Prize for his great contribution to the development of Soviet opera art (1977), first prize of the All-Union Competition of Conductors (1971), first prize at the International Herbert von Karajan Youth Orchestra Competition in West Berlin (1972).

In 2010, the conductor was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

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One of the leading conductors of our country, People's Artist of Russia (1982). Born in 1945. He studied with Leo Ginzburg at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1971 he won 1st prize at the All-Union Conducting Competition, and the following year - 1st prize and a gold medal at the Karajan Competition in Berlin.

Since 1973, Lazarev worked at the Bolshoi Theater, where in 1974, under his direction, the first production of Prokofiev’s opera “The Gambler” took place in Russian (directed by Boris Pokrovsky). In 1978, Lazarev founded the Bolshoi Theater Soloists Ensemble, an important part of whose activities was the popularization of modern music; With Lazarev, the ensemble performed a number of premieres and made many recordings. In 1986, Lazarev was awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR for concert programs and performances of the Bolshoi Theater. In 1987–1995 – chief conductor and artistic director of the theater. The maestro's period at the helm of the Bolshoi was marked by intense touring activities, including performances in Tokyo, La Scala in Milan, the Edinburgh Festival and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

At the Bolshoi Theater he conducted the operas "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Glinka, "The Stone Guest" by Dargomyzhsky, "Iolanta", "Eugene Onegin" and "The Queen of Spades" by Tchaikovsky, "The Tsar's Bride", "The Tale of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia", " Mozart and Salieri", "Sadko" by Rimsky-Korsakov, "Boris Godunov" and "Khovanshchina" by Mussorgsky, "Betrothal in a Monastery" by Prokofiev, "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, "Rigoletto", "La Traviata", "Don Carlos" by Verdi, " Faust" by Gounod, "Tosca" by Puccini; ballets “The Rite of Spring” by Stravinsky, “Anna Karenina” by Shchedrin, “Ivan the Terrible” to music by Prokofiev.

Under the direction of Lazarev, productions of the operas “A Life for the Tsar” by Glinka, “The Snow Maiden”, “Mlada”, “The Tale of Tsar Saltan” and “The Night Before Christmas” by Rimsky-Korsakov, “The Maid of Orleans” by Tchaikovsky, “Prince Igor” by Borodin, “ The Miserly Knight" and "Aleko" by Rachmaninov, "The Gambler" and "The Tale of a Real Man" by Prokofiev, "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" by Molchanov, "The Abduction of the Moon" by Taktakishvili; ballets “The Seagull” and “The Lady with the Dog” by Shchedrin. A number of productions (“A Life for the Tsar”, “The Maid of Orleans”, “Mlada”) were filmed on television. With Lazarev, the theater orchestra made a number of recordings for Erato.

Among the orchestras with which the conductor has collaborated are the Berlin and Munich Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Amsterdam), the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, the National Orchestra of France, the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Swedish Orchestra radio, NHK Corporation Orchestra (Japan), Cleveland and Montreal Orchestras. He performed with the troupes of the Royal Theater de La Monnaie (Brussels), Paris Operaá Bastille, Geneva Opera, Bavarian State Opera and Lyon National Opera. The conductor's repertoire includes works from the 18th century to the avant-garde.

Having made his debut in London in 1987, Lazarev became a regular guest in the UK. In 1992–1995 he is Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor since 1994, and Principal Guest Conductor from 1997 to 2005. - Chief conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (today - honorary conductor). The maestro's work with British orchestras resulted in numerous recordings, performances at the BBC Proms festival and intense touring activities. From 2008 to 2016, Lazarev headed the Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra, with which he recorded all the symphonies of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and is working on recording the symphonies of Glazunov.

Lazarev made dozens of recordings at Melodiya, Virgin Classics, Sony Classical, Hyperion, BMG, BIS, Linn Records, Octavia Records. Actively collaborates with leading symphony groups in Moscow: the State Orchestra of Russia named after E.F. Svetlanov, Russian National Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, “New Russia”, Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic. In 2009, Lazarev returned to the Bolshoi Theater as a permanent guest conductor. In 2010, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. In 2016, he received the Moscow Prize in the field of literature and art for the production of “Khovanshchina” at the K.S. Stanislavsky and Vl.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. The production also received the Golden Mask at the end of the 2014/15 season in the Opera – Performance category.

Among Lazarev’s works in recent years are productions of the operas “The Enchantress” by Tchaikovsky at the Bolshoi Theater, “Khovanshchina” by Mussorgsky, “The Love for Three Oranges” by Prokofiev and “The Queen of Spades” by Tchaikovsky at MAMT, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” by Shostakovich at the Geneva Opera, “Adventures” The Rake" and "The Fairy's Kiss" by Stravinsky opera houses Lyon and Bordeaux, performances of such large-scale works as Mahler's Seventh Symphony, Rachmaninov's Second and Third Symphonies, Richard Strauss's "Home Symphony", Tchaikovsky's "Manfred", Janacek's "Taras Bulba" and others.