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When I was young, Tchaikovsky was ruined for me by conductors who made it slick and treacly. Hearing Valery Gergiev conduct Tchaikovsky has been a revelation - he brings out all its raw passion. And Gergiev with the super-virtuoso LSO - well, it's just the perfect combination.
Charles Hazlewood

Meaning of "Gergiev" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GERGIEV

Gergiev  [ˈɡɛədʒjɛf] play
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WHAT DOES GERGIEV MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gergiev

Valery Gergiev

Valery Abisalovich Gergiev PAR is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra, and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.

Definition of Gergiev in the English dictionary

The definition of Gergiev in the dictionary is Valery Abesalovich. born 1953, Russian conductor; musical director of the Kirov Opera from 1988; principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra from 2007.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERGIEV


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Charles Hazlewood
When I was young, Tchaikovsky was ruined for me by conductors who made it slick and treacly. Hearing Valery Gergiev conduct Tchaikovsky has been a revelation - he brings out all its raw passion. And Gergiev with the super-virtuoso LSO - well, it's just the perfect combination.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERGIEV»

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Valery Gergiev and the Kirov: a story of survival
Acclaimed music journalist John Ardoin focuses on the inspired directorship of Valery Gergiev in his eloquent celebration of the Kirov theater and its heroic survival.
John Ardoin, 2001
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The Rough Guide to Opera
Valery Gergiev's 1998 recording of Boris is terrific value: it contains both editions of the score in a five-disc box that sells for the price of three CDs. Both performances are astonishingly powerful, but the later version has the edge (or Vladimir ...
Matthew Boyden, Nick Kimberley, Joe Staines, 2002
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Powder Burn
“WE'RE GETTING OUT OF here,” Anton Gergiev said. “How, then?” Tikhon Polekh inquired. “Pick up some guns,” Gergiev said. “Do anything we must to get away.” “I think they don't give up their guns so easy,” Aleksey Velten, one of Gergiev's ...
Don Pendleton, 2011
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New York Magazine
Gergiev. dispenses. THE RUSSIANS HAVE COME, AND THEY CLEARLY mean to stay. Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union added to the gaiety of nations in 1990, droves of Eastern-bloc musicians have traveled west in hopes of plenty ...
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Billboard
The disc marked Valery Gergiev as a conductor to be watched. Since that time, Gergiev has become a leading proponent of Russian music. Throughout the course of his career, he has made dozens of extraordinary recordings, including a ...
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White Nights: Valery Gergiev's Russia
In one container, contains 16 selections on CD1 and 10 selections on CD 2. Participants: Featuring Valery Gergiev, conductor. Selections recorded between 1989 and 2000.
Valery Gergiev, 1989
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Ossetian People: Valery Gergiev, Ossetians, Roho Yukio, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, LLC Books, 2010
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The New Criterion December 2010
Valery Gergiev, the Russian conductor, is not far behind him, if behind at all. And he had a very busy—maybe typically busy—period in New York. He was at the Metropolitan Opera, conducting Boris Godu- nov. And he was in Carnegie Hall, ...
Edited by Roger Kimball & Hilton Kramer, Roger Kimball, 2010
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Shostakovich Studies 2
1 Valery Gergiev Such words, coming from one sosteeped in Russian culture, sosensitive tothe ethical quality of Shostakovich's music, and so imaginative in his use of verbal imagery in front of an orchestra, invite serious consideration.
Pauline Fairclough, 2010
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New York Magazine
Touring the world's opera capitals is an important part of Gergiev's plan, and New York had its opportunity to assess the Kirov in a recent two-week engagement at the Metropolitan Opera House. Under the circumstances, leading off with ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERGIEV»

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What's On TV Sunday
12:30 P.M. (13) IOLANTA and BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE Valery Gergiev conducts this double bill of “Iolanta,” Tchaikovsky's fairy tale about the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Proms: Katie Derham rules over a superb summer of classical musical
The inimitable Valery Gergiev conducts the hugely impressive London Symphony Orchestra (and three different piano soloists) in an ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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theartsdesk at the Lichfield Festival
... but this remains the Festival where Gergiev, Vengerov and Kissin made their UK debuts, which commissioned Peter Sculthorpe's Requiem, ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
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The Proms 2015: Why this year's programme seems a bit 'meh'
... floats your boat, you can digest all five Prokofiev piano concertos on one evening, with three soloists, conducted by Valery Gergiev. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Q&A Special: Pianist Lucas Debargue
But since last weekend Valery Gergiev, the organizing chairman of the Tchaikovsky competition and Mariinsky Theatre music chief, has added ... «The Arts Desk, Jul 15»
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The National Youth Orchestra's Moment in the Sun
It tours with celebrated conductors, having traveled to Russia in 2013 with Valery Gergiev and throughout the United States last year with David ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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The Prodigy Who Took Russia by Storm at International Tchaikovsky …
But though the international jury placed him last and the Moscow-trained Dmitry Masleev first, the competition's chairman, Valery Gergiev, ... «The New Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Gergiev mezzo-soprano is named opera chief
Gergiev and the Mariinsky have been authorised by President Putin to turn the Primorsky into a Pacific outlet for their productions. «Slipped Disc, Jul 15»
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Valery Gergiev: Ninth Symphony and First Violin Concerto by …
Valery Gergiev's new account is tonally full and less comfortable with the elements of cheekiness which an earlier generation of Russian ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
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Valery Gergiev: Tchaikovsky contest will introduce new generation …
World-famous conductor and Mariinsky Theater director Valery Gergiev, co-chairman of the organizing committee of the 15th International ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, Jun 15»

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