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Evgeni Svetlanov

Evgeni Svetlanov is credited on 2,513 releases across 333 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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2,513

Credits

333

Albums

8

Decades active

3

In collections

Biography

Soviet / Russian conductor, composer and pianist. People's Artist of USSR (1968). Hero of Socialist Labor (1986). Lenin Prize (1972) and the USSR State Prize (1983).
Born: 6 September 1928, Moscow, USSR
Died: 3 May 2002, Moscow, Russia
Transliteration in Cyrillic - Евгений Светланов
Principal conductor & artistic director:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra (1963-65 principal conductor)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra (1965-2000 principal conductor & artistic director)
Residentie Orkest (1992-2000 principal conductor)
First wife Larisa Avdeeva = Лариса Авдеева (1925-2013), opera singer, People's Artist of the RSFSR. Son Andrey (born 1956).
Second wife (Nikolaeva) (died September 18, 2019) - pianist, teacher, journalist.

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Credited work

2,513 releases · 333 albums · active 1956–2025

  • Performance · 2,779
  • Other credits · 61
  • Mastering · 2

Studios: Grand Hall Of The Moscow Conservatoire · Всесоюзная Студия Грамзаписи · Berwaldhallen · Suntory Hall, Tokyo

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Various
  • P. Tchaikovsky
  • Tchaikovsky
  • Rimsky-Korsakov
  • S. Rachmaninov
  • Scriabin
  • N. Myaskovsky
  • Balakirev

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