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1953 2 May, born Moscow, raised Vladikavkaz, Ossetia (Caucasus)
1961 enters music school, Vladikavkaz (now the Valery Gergiev Music Academy)
1972-76/77 Leningrad Conservatory, under Ilya Musin
1976 wins All-Soviet Conducting Prize
1977 wins 1st prize in Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition, Berlin
1977 becomes assistant conductor to Temirkanov, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad
1978 makes debut with Kirov, conducting Prokofiev’s War and Peace
1981-85 becomes chief conductor, Armenian State Orchestra
1988 makes London debut, with LSO
1988 succeeds Temirkanov at Kirov as chief conductor and artistic director, elected by the musicians
1989 takes first big Kirov tour in West, to Schleswig-Holstein festival
1991 makes European opera debut, Bayerische Staatsoper, with Boris Godunov
1991 makes American opera debut, San Francisco Opera, with War and Peace
1992 Leningrad renamed St Petersburg, Kirov renamed Mariinsky
1992 launches Mikkeli Festival
1992 1992 launches Stars of the White Nights Festival, St Petersburg
1993 makes debut at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Eugene Onegin)
1993 Friends of the Kirov launches in London, with Plácido Domingo as President
1993 1993 makes debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Otello)
1995 becomes principal conductor, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
1996 appointed artistic and general director Mariinsky Theatre by the Russian Govt, responsible for both opera and ballet companies
1996 launches Peace for the Caucasus festival, highlighting the conflict between Georgia and Ossetia
1996 launches Red Sea Festival at Eilat
1997 appointed Principal Guest Conductor, Metropolitan Opera, New York
1997 makes debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at Salzburg (Boris Godunov)
1998 tours China with Kirov Orchestra — the first Russian orchestra to visit for 40 years
1998 founds Mariinsky Academy for Young Singers, sponsored by Alberto Vilar


		20. 十月 2002 Los Angeles studio STAR-CONDUCTOR VALERY GERGIEV, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE MARIINSKY THEATRE, ST.PETERSBURG VISITS THE STUDIO OF GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN


		Valery Gergiev coducts Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk" at the Los Angeles opera Mariinsky Theatre Artistic Director Valery Gergiev leads the world-renowned Kirov Opera in this 1932 masterpiece. Composer Dimitri Shostakovich takes you on a wild ride through the decadent landscape of 19th-century Russia in this Los Angeles Opera premiere. October 2002 Los Angeles Opera


		Valery Abissalovich Gergiev 1953 2 May, born Moscow, raised Vladikavkaz, Ossetia (Caucasus) 1961 enters music school, Vladikavkaz (now the Valery Gergiev Music Academy) 1972-76/77 Leningrad Conservatory, under Ilya Musin 1976 wins All-Soviet Conducting Prize 1977 wins 1st prize in Herbert von Karajan Conducting Competition, Berlin 1977 becomes assistant conductor to Temirkanov, Kirov Theatre, Leningrad 1978 makes debut with Kirov, conducting Prokofiev’s War and Peace 1981-85 becomes chief conductor, Armenian State Orchestra 1988 makes London debut, with LSO 1988 succeeds Temirkanov at Kirov as chief conductor and artistic director, elected by the musicians 1989 takes first big Kirov tour in West, to Schleswig-Holstein festival 1991 makes European opera debut, Bayerische Staatsoper, with Boris Godunov 1991 makes American opera debut, San Francisco Opera, with War and Peace 1992 Leningrad renamed St Petersburg, Kirov renamed Mariinsky 1992 launches Mikkeli Festival 1992 1992 launches Stars of the White Nights Festival, St Petersburg 1993 makes debut at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London (Eugene Onegin) 1993 Friends of the Kirov launches in London, with Plácido Domingo as President 1993 1993 makes debut at the Metropolitan Opera, New York (Otello) 1995 becomes principal conductor, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1996 appointed artistic and general director Mariinsky Theatre by the Russian Govt, responsible for both opera and ballet companies 1996 launches Peace for the Caucasus festival, highlighting the conflict between Georgia and Ossetia 1996 launches Red Sea Festival at Eilat 1997 appointed Principal Guest Conductor, Metropolitan Opera, New York 1997 makes debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at Salzburg (Boris Godunov) 1998 tours China with Kirov Orchestra — the first Russian orchestra to visit for 40 years 1998 founds Mariinsky Academy for Young Singers, sponsored by Alberto Vilar http://www.deccaclassics.com/artists/gergiev/index.html