Background
Kitayenko, Dimitri Georgievitch was born on August 18, 1940 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of George Ivanovitch and Anna Dmitrievna (Zahkarova) Kitayenko.
Kitayenko, Dimitri Georgievitch was born on August 18, 1940 in Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of George Ivanovitch and Anna Dmitrievna (Zahkarova) Kitayenko.
Student, Conservatory Museum, Leningrad, 1958-1963; postgraduate opera and symphony conducting, Moscow Conservatory, 1963-1966; diploma in conducting with honors, Academy Music and Beaux Arts, Vienna, 1967.
Assistant conductor opera and ballet, Stanislavsky, Nemerovitch and Dantchenko Theatres, Moscow, 1968-1969;
principal conductor, Stanislavsky, Nemerovitch and Dantchenko Theatres, Moscow, 1970-1976;
chief conductor, music director, Moscow State Philharmony Orchestra, since 1976;
chief conductor, Frankfurt (Germany) Orchestra, since 1990. Professor conducting Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, since 1967. Teacher Moscow Conservatory, since 1969, professor, 1986-1990.
Guest conductor symphony orchestras Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Europe, United States of America, opera houses Berlin, Vienna, Copenhagen, Cologne. Member jury 1st Toscanini Competition in Conducting, Parma, Italy, 1985.
Married Margaret Nikolaevna Vorobjova.