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# **Yevgueni Svetlánov**

𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿 (1930–2004) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶 (1941– )

Leonard Bernstein / Maria callas

𝗭𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝘁𝗮 (1936– ), 𝗔𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 (1900–1990) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (1918–1990)

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗸 (1854–1928) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 (1885–1973) were not intimate collaborators in the way of composer–conductor partnerships such as Strauss–Böhm, yet their paths intersected significantly in the 1920s, when Klemperer emerged as one of…

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘀 (1923–1977) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗮 (1892–1967) formed one of the most artistically electrifying collaborations in mid-20th-century opera, centered above all on La Scala, Milan, in the early 1950s. Their most historic collaboration…

𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝘇𝗶𝗻́𝘀𝗸𝗶 (1892–1958) and 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (1918–1990)

𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭 — 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗘 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦: 𝗔 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗧𝗘 (1803–1826) Hector Berlioz (1803–1869) was born on 11 December 1803 in La Côte-Saint-André,…

David Oistrakh - Shostakovich - Sviatoslav Richter

𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗟 𝗚𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗟𝗦 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗡 The emergence of 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗹𝘀 (1916–1985) as one of the twentieth century’s most formidable pianists was neither sudden nor accidental. His early years reveal a…

Aaaron Copland, Serge Koussevitzky, Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein and Serge Koussevitzky during a rehearsal at Tanglewood, ca. 1940s, by Ruth Orkin. Leonard Bernstein Collection, Box 203/Folder 59, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Boston Symphony conductor Serge Koussevitzky, left, goes over a score with Leonard Bernstein, Assistant Conductor of the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, in Boston, Mass., Feb. 14, 1944.

𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗕𝗔𝗨𝗗 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (1895–1920) Hans Rosbaud was born on July 22, 1895, in Graz, Austria, into a musically cultivated family. His father was…

𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗜𝗡 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗶 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀 (1896–1960) was indeed a crucial mentor figure for 𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 (1918–1990), though their bond never followed the formal path of teacher and…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗣𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗨𝗫, 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗘 𝗞𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗭𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 — 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗨𝗨𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 The artistic identity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in…

𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗜𝗨 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗛𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗: 𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗗𝗬 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘 𝗔 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 Sergiu Celibidache (1912–1996) remains one of the most singular figures in twentieth-century conducting. From the beginning…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮̈𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿 (1886–1954) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝘂̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 (1911–1986) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, 29 February 1952, Teatro alla Scala, Milan

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 1990

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘂𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀𝗻𝘆́ (1912–1994) 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 1991

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗶𝗺 (b. 1942)

𝗥𝗮𝗳𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗸 (1914–1996) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗹 (1928–2020)

𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗞𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗞 — 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢: 𝗔 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗚𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗬, 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗦 (𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟰–𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟵) Rafael Kubelík was born on June 29, 1914, in Býchory near Prague, into one of the most…