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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dmitri_Kitayenko > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dmitri_Kitayenko.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Kitayenko > Source revision: 1351017070 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Russian conductor (born 1940)}}{{Infobox person | name = Dmitri Kitayenko | image = Kitajenko Dmitry.jpg | caption = Kitayenko in 2018 | native_name = Дмитрий Китаенко | native_name_lang = ru | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|08|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [Leningrad](/source/Saint_Petersburg) | education = Glinka Conservatory, [Leningrad Conservatory](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory), [Moscow Conservatory](/source/Moscow_Conservatory), [Music Academy of Vienna](/source/University_of_Music_and_Performing_Arts_Vienna) | occupation = Conductor }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} '''Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko''' (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; {{langx|ru|Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Китае́нко}}; born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title [People's Artist of the USSR](/source/People's_Artist_of_the_USSR) (1984). He was born in [Leningrad](/source/Saint_Petersburg), [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). He studied at Glinka Conservatory, at [Leningrad Conservatory](/source/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory) and then at [Moscow Conservatory](/source/Moscow_Conservatory) with [Leo Ginzburg](/source/Leo_Ginzburg) and at [Music Academy of Vienna](/source/Music_Academy_of_Vienna) with [Hans Swarowsky](/source/Hans_Swarowsky).{{Cite book |last1=Caskel |first1=Julian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7w1BEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kitajenko,+Dmitrij&pg=PT388 |title=Handbuch Dirigenten: 250 Porträts |last2=Hein |first2=Hartmut |date=1 March 2016 |publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7618-7027-3 |language=de}} He was a prizewinner in the first [Herbert von Karajan](/source/Herbert_von_Karajan) competition in 1969.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=q33519 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography: Dmitri Kitayenko |last=Cummings |first=Robert |publisher=[AMG](/source/All_Media_Guide) |access-date=8 May 2010}} [[File:Richard Strauss Don Juan excerpt.mp3|thumb|[Richard Strauss](/source/Richard_Strauss): ''[Don Juan](/source/Don_Juan_(Strauss))'', excerpt from a 1992 recording with the [Frankfurt Radio Symphony](/source/Frankfurt_Radio_Symphony)]] Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the [Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre](/source/Stanislavski_and_Nemirovich-Danchenko_Moscow_Academic_Music_Theatre) (1970–1976).{{Cite web |last=Heute |first=Klassik |title=Dmitrij Kitajenko |url=http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_interpret?id=6475 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Klassik Heute |language=de}} Then he was music director of the [Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Moscow_Philharmonic_Orchestra) for 14 years. He has also held principal conductorships with the [Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Bergen_Philharmonic_Orchestra) (1990–1998), the [Frankfurt Radio Symphony](/source/Frankfurt_Radio_Symphony) (1990–1996),{{cite web |date=2017 |title=Dmitrij Kitajenko |url=http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de/orchester/historie/ehemalige-chefdirigenten/chefdirigent-19901996-dmitrij-kitajenko,historie-dirigenten-dmitrij-kitajenko-100.html |work=hr-sinfonieorchester.de |location=Frankfurt |language=de |access-date=27 October 2017}} the [American Russian Young Artists Orchestra](/source/American_Russian_Young_Artists_Orchestra),[https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=53 "American Russian Young Artists Orchestra opens American Tour with special Concert at Bard College on Monday, June 14, at 7 P.M." Bard.Edu] the [KBS Symphony Orchestra](/source/KBS_Symphony_Orchestra) (1999–2004), and the [Bern Symphony Orchestra](/source/Bern_Symphony_Orchestra) (1990–2004).{{Cite web |date=12 December 2018 |title="Tiere lügen nie" |url=https://www.thunertagblatt.ch/tiere-luegen-nie-854851205020 |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Thuner Tagblatt |language=de}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{official|https://www.kitajenko.com/en/}} {{in lang|en|de}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180627090934/http://en.kitajenko.com/home/ Homepage of Dmitri Kitayenko Archiv] *[https://www.operabase.com/dmitrij-kitajenko-a4288/en Dmitri Kitayenko] at [Operabase](/source/Operabase) *{{Discogs artist|artist=840538}} {{S-start}} {{s-culture}} {{Succession box | title=[Music Director, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Moscow_Philharmonic_Orchestra) | before=[Kirill Kondrashin](/source/Kirill_Kondrashin) | years=1976–1990 | after=[Vassily Sinaisky](/source/Vassily_Sinaisky) }} {{Succession box | title=[Principal Conductor, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra](/source/Bergen_Philharmonic_Orchestra) | before=[Aldo Ceccato](/source/Aldo_Ceccato) | years=1990–1998 | after=[Simone Young](/source/Simone_Young) }} {{Succession box | title=[Principal Conductor, KBS Symphony Orchestra](/source/KBS_Symphony_Orchestra) | before=[Myung-whun Chung](/source/Myung-whun_Chung) | years=1999–2004 | after=[Shin-ik Hahm](/source/Shin-ik_Hahm) }} {{S-end}} {{Hr-Sinfonieorchester conductors}} {{International Classical Music Awards Lifetime Achievement}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitayenko, Dmitri}} Category:Soviet conductors (music) Category:Musicians from Saint Petersburg Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Moscow Conservatory alumni Category:20th-century Russian conductors (music) Category:21st-century Russian conductors (music) Category:Russian male conductors (music) Category:20th-century Russian male musicians Category:21st-century Russian male musicians Category:Chief conductors of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Category:Principal conductors of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dmitri Kitayenko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Kitayenko) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Kitayenko?action=history)). 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