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Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev is credited on 538 releases across 125 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1985–2021 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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538

Credits

125

Albums

5

Decades active

17

In collections

Biography

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Russian conductor. Born 2 May 1953 in Moscow, Soviet Union.
He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory (opens in a new tab). His debut as a conductor at the came on 12 January 1978. In 1988, he was appointed Music Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, and, in 1996, he became its Artistic and General Director (leading the orchestra and opera and ballet companies). Principal conductor of Orchestra Of The Mariinsky Theatre (1988-present), Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest (1995-2008), (2006 to 2015), Münchner Philharmoniker (2015 to 2022). He served as principal guest conductor of The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra from 1997 to 2008. Contracts and positions terminated in March 2022 by Münchner Philharmoniker, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, and Wiener Philharmoniker.
Brother of Larissa Gergieva.

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Credited work

538 releases · 125 albums · active 1985–2021

  • Performance · 618
  • Other credits · 29

Studios: Mariinsky Theatre · Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden · Martti Talvela Hall, Mikkeli · Wiener Musikverein

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Tchaikovsky
  • Various
  • Prokofiev
  • Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Lang Lang
  • Shostakovich
  • Moussorgsky
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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