Background
Gergiev, Valery was born in 1953 in Moscow, WORLD0.
Gergiev, Valery was born in 1953 in Moscow, WORLD0.
Educated, Leningrad Conservatory.
Chief conductor, Armenian State Orchestra, 1981-1984; chief conductor, Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1984-1988; artistic director, principal conductor, Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg, Russia, since 1988; principal conductor, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1995. Guest conductor Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, Dresden Philharmonic, Bayerischer Rundfunk, London Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Royal Philharmonic, London Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, New York.Philharm., Cleveland Orchestra, San Francsico Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Metropolitan Opera debut, 1994. Recordings Philips Classics.