Background
Feldt, Pavel was born on February 21, 1905 in Petersburg.
Feldt, Pavel was born on February 21, 1905 in Petersburg.
Graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory, 1930.
Working for the Kirov Theater he conducted several ballet premieres including Shostakovich"s The Limpid Stream and Khachaturian"s Gayane. He studied at the Petrograd-Leningrad Conservatory where Shostakovich was a fellow student. He became a ballet conductor at MALEGOT and later at the Kirov Theater in Leningrad.
He conducted the premiere of The Limpid Stream in 1935.
In 1942, while the company was evacuated in Permanent following the German invasion of Russia, he conducted the premiere of Khachaturian"s Gayane. He also conducted the first production of Khachaturian"s ballet, Spartacus, in 1956.
Union of Soviet Composers.