Background
Kondrashin, Kirill Petrowich was born on February 21, 1914 in Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Petr Andreewich and Anna (Michailovna) Kondrashin.
Kondrashin, Kirill Petrowich was born on February 21, 1914 in Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Petr Andreewich and Anna (Michailovna) Kondrashin.
Student Moscow Conservatory, 1936.
Conductor, Mail Opera Theatre, Leningrad, 1937-1943, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1943-1956, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, 1956-1978. Conductor Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam, 1979-1981. Appearances in England, France, Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Hungary, North. and South. American Named National Artist of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Recipient Government prize.
Member Communist Party.
Married Nina Leonzdowha Varlamorta, December 18, 1931. Married second, Nolde. Children: Petr, Sergei, Andrej.