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Valery Gergiev

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Born May 2, 1953 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Also known as Валерий Гергиев · Валерий Абисалович Гергиев · Valery Abisalovich Gergiev

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Biography

Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.

Awards & recognition

  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 2015
  • Dresdner Musikfestspiel-Preis · 2010
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour · 2007
  • Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland · 2006
  • Herbert von Karajan Music Prize · 2006
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  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 2001
  • Wolfert van Borselenpenning · 1999
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 1998
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 1994
  • State Prize of the Russian Federation · 1993
  • Bene Merito
  • Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
  • Commander of the Order of Leopold II
  • Dank Medal
  • Golden Mask
  • Golden Medal — Merit to Culture
  • Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation
  • honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg
  • Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
  • Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
  • Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
  • Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
  • Medal "For the Liberation of Palmyra"
  • Medal "For Valiant Labor"
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
  • Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Order "Danaker"
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
  • Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
  • Order of Alexander Nevsky
  • Order of Friendship
  • Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class
  • Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 3rd class
  • Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
  • Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots
  • Order of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class
  • People's Artist of the Russian Federation
  • People's Artist of Ukraine
  • Uatsamonga Order

Filmography4 titles

The Nutcracker

2008Director

Russian Ark

2002as Conductor

Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg

2007Conductor

The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian Orchestra

2013as Self (archive footage)