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Name
  
Aleksandrs Vilumanis


Role
  
Conductor

Richard Wagner ,Tannhäuser, conductor Aleksandrs Vilumanis,Part 1


Aleksandrs Viļumanis (30 August 1942, Preiļi, Reichskommissariat Ostland) is a Latvian conductor.

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Vilumanis studied percussion and conducting at the Latvian Academy of Music, being hired 1962 as a percussionist and conductor's assistant at the Latvian National Opera. His musical career has been based at the Latvian National Opera, first as intern 1962–69, conductor 1970–72, principal conductor 1975–89 and 1994–96, alternating with the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre; intern conductor 1972–75 and principal conductor 1990–94. He is currently guest conductor at the Latvian National Opera, Mariinsky Theatre and Bolshoi Theatre.

Selected Recordings

LP/CD

  • Alfrēds Kalniņš Banuta - Latvia's national opera
  • Inessa Galante Debut 1995
  • VHS/DVD

  • Prokofiev's The Stone Flower Kirov Ballet NVC DVD
  • Delibes's Coppelia Kirov Ballet NVC - Grammophon
  • References

    Aleksandrs Viļumanis Wikipedia