Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Mravinskiy

Russian conductor. He studied composition and conducting at his hometown's Leningrad Conservatory, and from 1932 he served as the conductor of the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). In 1938, he won first place in the Soviet Union's national conducting competition, and in the same year was appointed permanent conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has devoted himself to improving the orchestra's standards, and has developed it into one of the world's leading orchestras. In 1973 (Showa 48), he came to Japan for the first time with the orchestra. His grand-scale performance style, which places emphasis on composition, is dignified, and he has broken new ground, especially in his performances of Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.

[Hiroyuki Iwai]

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ロシアの指揮者。生地のレニングラード音楽院で作曲と指揮を学び、1932年からレニングラード（現サンクト・ペテルブルグ）のキーロフ劇場指揮者として活動。38年ソ連時代の全国指揮コンクールで第1位となり、その年レニングラード・フィルハーモニー管弦楽団の常任指揮者に迎えられた。以来この楽団の水準向上に努力を傾注、世界の一流楽団に育て上げた。73年（昭和48）同楽団と初来日。構成力を重視したスケールの大きい芸風は風格があり、とくにチャイコフスキー、ショスタコビチで新境地を開いた。

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