Although he was born in Moscow, Valery Gergiev was brought up in Vladikavkaz, in Ossetia, located in the Caucasus region of Russia. He entered the Vladikavkaz Music School (now the Valery Gergiev Music Academy) in 1961, soon showing great ability as a pianist, and between the years 1972 and 1977 was a student at the Leningrad Conservatory, where he studied conducting under the legendary teacher Ilya Musin. Having won the All-Soviet Conducting Prize in 1976 and the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition in Berlin the following year, Gergiev was immediately appointed as an assistant to the chief conductor of the Kirov Theatre in Leningrad, Yuri Temirkanov, and made his début there conducting Prokofiev’s War and Peace in 1978; this was f...
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ABSOLUTE PROKOFIEV - The Easter Festival in Moscow, Concert No. 1 (Trifononv, St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Gergiev) | |
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ABSOLUTE PROKOFIEV - The Easter Festival in Moscow, Concert No. 1 (Trifononv, St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Gergiev)
Composer:
Prokofiev, Sergey
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra -- Trifonov, Daniil
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
BERLIOZ, H.: Benvenuto Cellini (Salzburg Festival, 2007) | |
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BERLIOZ, H.: Benvenuto Cellini (Salzburg Festival, 2007)
Composer:
Berlioz, Hector
Artists:
Aldrich, Kate -- Fritz, Burkhard -- Gergiev, Valery -- Kovalevska, Maija -- Mas, Xavier -- Naouri, Laurent -- Park, Sung-Keun -- Petrenko, Mikhail -- Plachetka, Adam -- Sherratt, Brindley -- Tagliavini, Roberto -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra -- Vienna State Opera Chorus
Label/Producer: UNITEL |
BERLIOZ, H.: Troyens (Les) (Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", 2009) | |
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BERLIOZ, H.: Troyens (Les) (Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", 2009)
Composer:
Berlioz, Hector
Artists:
Abdrazakov, Askar -- Barcellona, Daniela -- Bulycheva, Zlata -- Cutler, Eric -- Gergiev, Valery -- Giuseppini, Giorgio -- Matos, Elisabete -- Milling, Stephen -- Ryan, Lance -- Shilova, Oksana -- Valencia Regional Government Choir -- Valencian Community Orchestra -- Viviani, Gabriele -- Voropaev, Dmitry
Label/Producer: UNITEL |
GERGIEV, Valery: In Rehearsal - PROKOFIEV, S.: Scythian Suite (Rotterdam Philharmonic, Gergiev) | |
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GERGIEV, Valery: In Rehearsal - PROKOFIEV, S.: Scythian Suite (Rotterdam Philharmonic, Gergiev)
Composer:
Prokofiev, Sergey
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: Monarda Music |
GREAT ARIAS (Baritone): Putilin, Nikolai- VERDI, G. | |
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GREAT ARIAS (Baritone): Putilin, Nikolai- VERDI, G.
Composer:
Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- Kirov Opera Chorus -- Kirov Opera Orchestra -- Putilin, Nikolai
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
GREAT ARIAS (Soprano): Gorchakova, Galina - VERDI, G. | |
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GREAT ARIAS (Soprano): Gorchakova, Galina - VERDI, G.
Composer:
Verdi, Giuseppe
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- Gorchakova, Galina -- Kirov Opera Chorus -- Kirov Opera Orchestra
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES - PROKOFIEV, S.: War and Peace [Opera] (Kirov Opera, 1991) | |
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LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES - PROKOFIEV, S.: War and Peace [Opera] (Kirov Opera, 1991)
Composer:
Prokofiev, Sergey
Artists:
Alexashkin, Sergei -- Bogacheva, Irina Petrovna -- Borodina, Olga -- Gerello, Vassily -- Gergalov, Alexander -- Gergiev, Valery -- Gregorian, Gegam -- Kirov Opera Chorus -- Kirov Opera Orchestra -- Kit, Mikhail -- Marusin, Yuri -- Morosov, Alexander -- Ognovenko, Vladimir -- Okhotnikov, Nikolai -- Prochina, Yelena -- Volkova, Svetlana
Label/Producer: Monarda Music |
MOZART, W.A.: Concerto for 3 Pianos, "Lodron" / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 6 (Verbier Festival, 2015) (Matsuev, Trifonov, Gergiev) | |
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MOZART, W.A.: Concerto for 3 Pianos, "Lodron" / TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I.: Symphony No. 6 (Verbier Festival, 2015) (Matsuev, Trifonov, Gergiev)
Composers:
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- Matsuev, Denis -- Trifonov, Daniil -- Verbier Festival Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Devils (Documentary) | |
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Devils (Documentary)
Artists:
Davies, Timothy -- Gergiev, Valery -- Kuznetsov, Fyodor -- Ognovenko, Vladimir -- Okhotnikov, Nikolai -- Theatre Mariinski, Le -- Yan, Igor
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Holy Mother Russia (Documentary) | |
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Holy Mother Russia (Documentary)
Artists:
Bezzubenkov, Genady -- Davies, Timothy -- Gergiev, Valery -- Morozov, Alexander -- Sakalova, Lyubov -- Sirin Choir -- St. Petersburg Chamber Choir -- Theatre Mariinski, Le
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Little Birch Tree (Classical Documentary) | |
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Little Birch Tree (Classical Documentary)
Artists:
Davies, Timothy -- Gergiev, Valery -- Soboleva, Irina -- Tarasova, Marianna -- Theatre Mariinski, Le
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Looking East, Looking West (Documentary) | |
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Looking East, Looking West (Documentary)
Artists:
Akimov, Edward -- Davies, Timothy -- Gergiev, Valery -- Mtiebi Ensemble -- Ratsulov, Ulmaz -- Theatre Mariinski, Le
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Once Upon A Time (Documentary) | |
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MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - ALL THE RUSSIAS: Once Upon A Time (Documentary)
Artists:
Davies, Timothy -- Gassiev, Nikolai -- Gergiev, Valery -- Mark Pekarsky Percussion Ensemble -- Mordashova, Natalia -- Netrebko, Anna -- New Moscow Choir -- Nikitin, Yevgeny -- Sakalova, Lyubov -- Theatre Mariinski, Le
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2007 (Bashmet, Bronfman, Gergiev) | |
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NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2007 (Bashmet, Bronfman, Gergiev)
Composers:
Berlioz, Hector -- Borodin, Alexander Porfir'yevich -- Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich -- Liszt, Franz -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Strauss II, Johann -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Wagner, Richard
Artists:
Bashmet, Yuri -- Bronfman, Yefim -- Gergiev, Valery -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SAINT PETERSBURG (Mariinsky Theatre, 2006) | |
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NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SAINT PETERSBURG (Mariinsky Theatre, 2006)
Composers:
Rossini, Gioachino -- Saint-Saens, Camille -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Fadeyev, Andrian -- Gergiev, Valery -- Korsakov, Anton -- Lopatkina, Ulyana -- Osmolkina, Yekaterina -- Pavlenko, Daria -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Ballet -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra -- Tereshkina, Viktoria
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
Orchestral Music - DEBUSSY, C. / PROKOFIEV, S. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Toradze, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Gergiev) | |
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Orchestral Music - DEBUSSY, C. / PROKOFIEV, S. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Toradze, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Gergiev)
Composers:
Debussy, Claude -- Prokofiev, Sergey -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists:
Gergiev, Valery -- Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra -- Toradze, Alexander
Label/Producer: Monarda Music |
Orchestral Music - RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. / BERLIOZ, H. (Abduraimov, Munich Philharmonic, Gergiev) (BBC Proms, 2016) | |
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Orchestral Music - RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. / BERLIOZ, H. (Abduraimov, Munich Philharmonic, Gergiev) (BBC Proms, 2016)
Composers:
Berlioz, Hector -- Liszt, Franz -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Ravel, Maurice -- Ustvolskaya, Galina Ivanovna
Artists:
Abduraimov, Behzod -- Gergiev, Valery -- Munich Philharmonic Orchestra -- Petrenko, Andrei
Label/Producer: Naxos |
PROKOFIEV, S.: Fiery Angel (The) [Opera] (Kirov Opera, 1993) | |
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PROKOFIEV, S.: Fiery Angel (The) [Opera] (Kirov Opera, 1993)
Composer:
Prokofiev, Sergey
Artists:
Aleksashkin, Sergei -- Boitsov, Evgeni -- Diadkova, Larissa -- Fedotov, Evgeni -- Galouzine, Vladimir -- Gergiev, Valery -- Gorchakova, Galina -- Kit, Mikhail -- Laptev, Yuri -- Lebed, Valery -- Leiferkus, Sergey -- Markova-Mikhailenko, Olga -- Ognovenko, Vladimir -- Perlasova-Verkovich, Evgenia -- Pluzhnikov, Konstantin -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Label/Producer: Monarda Music |
PROKOFIEV, S.: Semyon Kotko [Opera] (Mariinsky Theatre, 2013) | |
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PROKOFIEV, S.: Semyon Kotko [Opera] (Mariinsky Theatre, 2013)
Composer:
Prokofiev, Sergey
Artists:
Bezzubenkov, Genady -- Burdenko, Roman -- Gergiev, Valery -- Karasev, Grigory -- Leontieff, Stanislav -- Lutsyuk, Viktor -- Nikitin, Evgeny -- Pavlovskaya, Tatiana -- Popov, Andrei -- Sokolova, Lyubov -- Solovyova, Varvara -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra -- Vassilieva, Elena
Label/Producer: Mariinsky |
SHCHEDRIN, R.K.: Dead Souls [Opera] (Mariinsky Theatre, 2012) | |
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SHCHEDRIN, R.K.: Dead Souls [Opera] (Mariinsky Theatre, 2012)
Composer:
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich
Artists:
Aleksashkin, Sergei -- Chepurnova, Karina -- Diadkova, Larissa -- Gergiev, Valery -- Mariinsky Opera Chorus -- Mariinsky Opera Orchestra -- Romanov, Sergei -- Semishkur, Sergey -- Timchenko, Alexander -- Volkova, Svetlana -- Zorin, Andrei
Label/Producer: EuroArts |