All-Union Conductors Competition

The All-Union Conductors Competition was a competition among musical conductors in the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1988. It took place in Moscow for its first time in 1938 when a set of prizes were awarded by a jury chaired by Samuil Samosud and including Nikolai Myaskovsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alexander Goldenweiser, Aleksandr Gauk, Dmitri Kabalevsky amongst other relevant musicians.^[1] From 1966 to 1988, the competition took place regularly averaging about one event per five years.

Awarded list

1938: I edition

Yevgeny Mravinsky (first prize)^[2]
Natan Rakhlin (second prize) ^[3]
Alexander Melik-Pashayev (second prize)^[3]
Konstantin Ivanov (third prize)^[3]
Marcos Paverman (fourth prize)^[3]
Kiril Kondrashin (diploma)^[4]

1966: II edition

1988: VI edition

Alexander Polianichko (first prize)^[12]^[13]
Alexander Polishchuk (third prize)^[14]
Rashid Skuratov (third prize)^[15]

References

^ Pravda Oct. 1, 1398. ""The Gifted Soviet Musicians" by S. Samosud, People's Artist of the USSR, Chairman of the jury of the Conductor's Competition". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2014-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Gregor Tassie: Yevgeny Mravinsky: The Noble Conductor (chronology, page VI), Scarecrow Press - An imprint of Rowman and Littlefield (2005), ISBN 978-1-4616-7453-5 • eBook
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Muzkonkurs presentation". Dec 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ Naxos.com. "Kiril Kondrashin's biography". Naxos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ Termikánov, Yo. "Yuri Termikánov's biography. Bolshoi's webpage". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ "Yuri Somonov's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
^ Fay, Laurel (25 November 1999). Shostakovich, a Life. By Laurel Fay. Page 254. ISBN 9780199881154. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
^ "Alexander Lazarev's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
^ "Valeri Gérgiev's biography. All Music.com". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ Jaffé, Daniel (8 March 2012). Valery Gérgiev's biography. Historical dictionary of Russian music. ISBN 9780810879805. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
^ "Gintaras Rinkevicius' biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ "Aleksander Polianichko's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ "Alexandra Polianichko's biography. Mariinsky Theatre's website". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
^ "Aleksander Polishcuck's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
^ "Rashid Skuratov's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

[1] Pravda Oct. 1, 1398. ""The Gifted Soviet Musicians" by S. Samosud, People's Artist of the USSR, Chairman of the jury of the Conductor's Competition". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2014-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[2] Gregor Tassie: Yevgeny Mravinsky: The Noble Conductor (chronology, page VI), Scarecrow Press - An imprint of Rowman and Littlefield (2005), ISBN 978-1-4616-7453-5 • eBook

[Muzkonkurs-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Muzkonkurs presentation". Dec 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[4] Naxos.com. "Kiril Kondrashin's biography". Naxos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[5] Termikánov, Yo. "Yuri Termikánov's biography. Bolshoi's webpage". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[6] "Yuri Somonov's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

[Shostakovich_bio-7] Fay, Laurel (25 November 1999). Shostakovich, a Life. By Laurel Fay. Page 254. ISBN 9780199881154. Retrieved 2016-03-28.

[8] "Alexander Lazarev's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

[Allmusic-9] "Valeri Gérgiev's biography. All Music.com". Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[Dicctionary-10] Jaffé, Daniel (8 March 2012). Valery Gérgiev's biography. Historical dictionary of Russian music. ISBN 9780810879805. Retrieved 2016-03-28.

[11] "Gintaras Rinkevicius' biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[Polianichko-12] "Aleksander Polianichko's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[MariinskyPolianichko-13] "Alexandra Polianichko's biography. Mariinsky Theatre's website". Retrieved 2016-03-28.

[Polishcuck-14] "Aleksander Polishcuck's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-15.

[15] "Rashid Skuratov's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.

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All-Union Conductors Competition

Awarded list

1938: I edition

1966: II edition

1971: III edition

1976: IV edition

1983: V edition

1988: VI edition

References

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