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Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (Russian: Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; Kabardian: Темыркъан Хьэту и къуэ Юрий; born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor[1] of Circassian (Kabardian) origin.

Early life

Born in 1938 in the North Caucasus city of Nalchik, Temirkanov attended the Leningrad School for Talented Children where he continued his studies in violin and viola.

Career

In 1968, he was appointed Principal Conductor of the then-renamed Leningrad Symphony where he remained until his appointment as Music Director of the Kirov Opera and Ballet in 1976.

Temirkanov was the first Soviet artist permitted to perform in the United States after cultural relations were resumed with the Soviet Union at the end of the Soviet–Afghan War in 1988.

Temirkanov became artistic director and chief conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 1988. He was music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2000 until 2006. He has served as principal guest conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and conductor laureate of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. In 2015, the Teatro La Fenice awarded Temirkanov its prize 'A Life for Music' (unofficially known as the Nobel Prize for Musicians).[2]

Honors and awards

• State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art in 1998 (4 June 1999) – for concert programs 1995–1998 Academic Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society named after Shostakovich
• Russian Federation President Prize in Literature and Art in 2002 (13 February 2003)
• The 6432 Temirkanov asteroid was named after the conductor (1975)
• Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (2015)

Controversy

Temirkanov has drawn attention for saying that women are essentially weak and thus not well suited to be classical conductors.[3] In 2016, he said:

"Yes, women can be conductors. I am not against them conducting. But I simply don't like it."[4]

References

External links

• Interview with Yuri Temirkanov, July 17, 1997

Cultural offices
Preceded by Evgeny Mravinsky	Music Director, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic 1988–2022	Succeeded by Nikolai Alexeev

На других языках

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[de] Juri Chatujewitsch Temirkanow

Juri Chatujewitsch Temirkanow (russisch Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; * 10. Dezember 1938 in Naltschik, damals Kabardino-Balkarische Autonome Sozialistische Sowjetrepublik, Sowjetunion) ist ein russischer Dirigent.

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- [en] Yuri Temirkanov

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[es] Yuri Temirkánov

Yuri Jatúevich Temirkánov (10 de diciembre de 1938) es un director de orquesta ruso.

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[ru] Темирканов, Юрий Хатуевич

Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов (также Ю́ра Хати́евич; кабард.-черк. Темыркъан Хьэту и къуэ Юрий; род. 10 декабря 1938, Нальчик, СССР) — советский и российский дирижёр, педагог, общественный деятель; народный артист СССР (1981), лауреат двух Государственных премий СССР (1976, 1985), Государственной премии РСФСР им. М. И. Глинки (1971) и двух Государственных премий РФ (1999, 2017). Кавалер ордена Ленина (1983) и полный кавалер ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством».

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