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Ivan Petrovich ARKAD’YEV Edit Profile

Russian conductor Violinist and music teacher

Ivan ARKAD’YEV, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Russian conductor, violinist and music teacher.

Background

ARKAD’YEV, Ivan was born on January 19, 1872.

Education

1893 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.

Career

1896 began conducting at Kononov Opera Theater, Saint St. Petersburg. 1910-1925 conductor, People's Center. Conducted operas in which Chaliapin, Sobinov, Nezhdanova, etc, performed.

1917-1919 musical director and conductor, Performers’ Opera and Drama Union, Pyatigorsk. 1920-1923 conducted operas at Sibiryakov Theater, Odessa. Professor, Odessa Conservatory.

From 1923 supported amateur opera and choral groups in Petrograd. At Leningrad’s ’’Red Triangle” Plant produced the operas Ruslan i Lyudmila (Ruslan and Ludmilla), Knyaz’ Igor' (Prince Igor), "Carmen,” Tikhiy Don (Quiet Flows the Don), et cetera