Background
ARKAD’YEV, Ivan was born on January 19, 1872.
Russian conductor Violinist and music teacher
ARKAD’YEV, Ivan was born on January 19, 1872.
1893 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Conservatory.
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