Valentin Timofeev

Background

Valentin Timofeev was born on April 24, 1909, in Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine.

Education

In 1926-1930, Valentin Timofeev studied at the Music College in Kharkiv, in 1934-1936, he studied in the Conservatory in Sverdlovsk, then in Minsk 1937-1939.

Career

Valentin Timofeev worked in Opera houses in Sverdlovsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Minsk, Saransk, Kuibyshev, and Ulan-Ude in 1934-1952. He was the conductor of the Tomsk Symphony Orchestra in 1952-1954, the Operetta Theater in 1954-1956 in Irkutsk, the Opera Theater in 1956-1957 in Ufa, and the Moscow Musical and Drama Theater. Valentin Timofeev was a chief conductor of the Voronezh Musical Theater in 1960-1962 and the Mordovian Musical Drama Theater since 1962 in Saransk. Later he worked in Sverdlovsk.

Interests

• Music & Bands

  Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Gioacchino Rossini

Connections

Father:

Semen Timofeev