{{Short description|Russian-Australian conductor (born 1943)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2013}} '''Vladimir Igoryevich Verbitsky''' ({{langx|ru|Владимир Игоревич Вербицкий}}; born 1943) is a Soviet and Australian conductor.
He was born in Leningrad. He studied piano and conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He has been chief conductor of the Voronezh Philharmonic Orchestra since 1972, and conducts other Russian orchestras. From 1982 to 1984 he was the chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic. He has recorded widely.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decorated Verbitsky with the award of People's Artist of Russia. {{citation needed|date=May 2013}}
Verbitsky became an Australian citizen on 6 June 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/media/photos/2009/photos-ce09002.htm|title=West Australian Symphony Orchestra conductor laureate Vladimir Verbitsky becomes Australian citizen|date=12 June 2009|publisher=Chris Evans|access-date=1 April 2010}}</ref>
==Sources== * [http://www.philharmonia.spb.ru/persa/verbitsky.html Saint-Petersburg Academic Philharmonic] * [http://maximaltd.com/vladimirverbitsky/bio.htm Maxima] * [http://www.jwentworth.com/conductors/vladimir_verbitsky/index.htm Jonathan Wentworth Associated Ltd.]
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