Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (Russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, Ossetian: Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company director. In 1988 he became general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg. He was chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic from September 2015 until he was dismissed on 1 March 2022.
Born |
2 May 1953 (age 72) Moscow, Russia
|
Zodiac | Taurus |
Tags | Add tag |