Name Alexander Lazarev Role Film actor | Children Aleksandr Lazarev Jr. | |
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Spouse Svetlana Nemolyaeva (m. 1960–2011) Parents Olympiada Lazareva, Sergey Nikolayevich Lazarev Movies Per Aspera Ad Astra, Bremenskie muzykanty, Mail Order Bride, Soviet Park, Balakirev the Buffoon Similar People Svetlana Nemolyaeva, Aleksandr Lazarev Jr, Yuriy Lazarev, Richard Viktorov, Jerzy Kawalerowicz | ||
Alexander Nikolayevich Lazarev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Ла́зарев; born 5 July 1945, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian conductor. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and later at the Moscow Conservatory with Leo Ginsbourg. In 1971, he was the first prize winner in a national conducting competition in the USSR. In 1972, he won a first prize and gold medal in the Karajan conducting competition in Berlin.
From 1987-1995, Lazarev was both Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, the first person in over thirty years to hold both positions simultaneously. From 1992-1995, he was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. In 1994, Lazarev became Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra (RSNO). From 1997-2005, served as principal conductor of the RSNO, and is now its Conductor Emeritus. Lazarev was the Chief Conductor of Japan Philharmonic Orchestra from 2009 September.