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Alexander Vedernikov (Александр Александрович Ведерников Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov) was born on 11 January, 1964 in Moscow, USSR, is a Russian conductor (1964–2020). Discover Alexander Vedernikov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

Popular As Александр Александрович Ведерников Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov
Occupation Conductor
Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January, 1964
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Moscow, USSR
Date of death 29 October, 2020
Died Place Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia

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1948

He conducted the first new production of Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov since 1948.

1964

Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov (Александр Александрович Ведерников; 11 January 1964 – 29 October 2020) was a Russian conductor.

He held major posts with the Bolshoi Theatre the Odense Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Danish Opera, and the Mikhailovsky Theatre.

Born in Moscow, Vedernikov was the son of the bass Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov, who sang at the Bolshoi Theatre, and of Natalia Nikolaevna Gureeva, who was a professor of organ at the Moscow Conservatory.

He grew up with two siblings in a small apartment.

1988

Vedernikov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1988, where he studied with Leonid Nikolaev and also took classes from Mark Ermler.

He worked as a conductor in the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre from 1988 to 1990.

He was also an assistant conductor to Vladimir Fedoseyev at the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio from 1988 to 1995.

1995

In 1995, he established the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra and served as its artistic director and chief conductor until 2004.

1996

Vedernikov made his Covent Garden debut in 1996, where he conducted Prokofiev's Cinderella and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.

He conducted at the Komische Oper Berlin Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Salome by Richard Strauss and Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen.

2001

Vedernikov became music director of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2001, where he worked on modernising the company.

2002

He conducted at the house the first production of Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur in 2002, Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, Puccini's Turandot, the original version of Glinka's Ruslan and Ludmila, the first production of Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel in 2004, the first Russian performance of the original version of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman and Verdi's Falstaff.

2004

He conducted, on a commission from the opera house, the world premiere of Leonid Desyatnikov's The Children of Rosenthal in the 2004/05 season.

He led productions of Prokofiev's War and Peace and his ballet Cinderella.

2005

At the Paris Opera, he conducted Boris Godunov in 2005, directed by Francesca Zambello.

2009

Vedernikov became chief conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra in 2009, with an initial three-year contract, which was extended to 2014.

2010

He had a contract with the company until 2010, but in July 2009 resigned on the first day of the theater's summer tour, citing disagreements with its management.

2011

He led Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin in 2011.

He conducted a double bill of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Leoncavollo's Pagliacci at the Opernhaus Zürich in 2011, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, again with Eugene Onegin.

2013

In 2013, he conducted Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring with the BBC Orchestra in a centenary concert at the Barbican in London.

A critic noted that he "supplied his own wild-man choreography on the podium".

2016

In November 2016 the Royal Danish Opera announced Vedernikov's appointment as its next chief conductor, effective from the 2018/19 season.

2018

Vedernikov concluded his Odense tenure in 2018, remaining an honorary conductor.

2019

In February 2019, he also became music director and principal conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.

2020

Vedernikov died on 29 October 2020, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.

Vedernikov recorded commercially for such labels as Pentatone, Hyperion and Naive.