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Name
  
Yuri Kochnev


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Education
  
Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Yuri Leonidovich Kochnev (Юрий Леонидович Кочнев) (b. Simferopol, 26 February 1942) is a Russian conductor.

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Kochnev was born in Simferopol but from the age of seven grew up in Vologda. At 15 he entered the Children's School of the Leningrad Conservatory to study viola. He graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory in viola (1968), music theory (1970) and conducting (1971).

Since 1975 Yuri Kochnev has been Chief Conductor, and since 1991, Artistic Director of, Saratov Opera and Ballet, Saratov. He conducted the Russian premieres of The Rise and Fall of Mahogany City by Kurt Weil, and The Whirlpool by the Slovak composer Eugen Suchoň, and the world premiere of Margarita (opera) («Маргарита») by Vladimir Kobekin. He also introduced Shostakovich's pupil's Benjamin Fleischman's posthumous work Rothschild's Violin to the stage.

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Yuri Kochnev Wikipedia


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