Background
Svetlanov, Yevgeniy Fyodorovich was born on September 6, 1928 in Moscow.
Svetlanov, Yevgeniy Fyodorovich was born on September 6, 1928 in Moscow.
Student, Gnesiny Music Education Institute, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Student, Moscow Conservatoire.
Symphony, Tone-Poems Festival 1950, Daugava 1953, Siberian Fantasy 1953, Rhapsody 1954, Cantata Home Fields 1949, Concerto 1951, five Sonatas 1946-1952, five Sonatinas 1946-1951, Preludes 1945-1951, Symphony 1957, Beautiful Kalina (symphonic poem) 1975; about 50 Romances and Songs. Has conducted: Rusalka (Dargomyshski), Pskovityanka, The Czar’s Bride, Sadko, Snow-Maiden (Rimsky-Korsakov), Prince Igor (Borodin), The Sorceress (Tchaikovsky), Not Only Love (Schchedrin), Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), October (Muradelya), Storm Along the Path (Karayev), Paganini (Rachmaninov), Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky), Night Town (Bartok), Pages of Life (Belanchivadze), Chopiniana (Chopin). Assistant Conductor, Moscow Radio 1954. Conductor, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow 1955-1963, Chief Conductor 1963-1965. Principal Conductor, USSR State Symphony Orchestra since 1965.
Principal Guest Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra since 1979. People's Artist of RSFSR, of USSR 1968.
Compositions include Preludes, 1945-1951, Cantata Home Fields, 1949, Symphony, Tone-Poems Festival, 1950, Concerto, 1951, Daugava, 1953, Siberian Fantasy, 1953, Rhapsody, 1954, five Sonatas, 1946-1952, five Sonatinas, 1946-1951, Symphony, 1957, Beautiful Kalina, 1975. Conductor Rusalka, Pskovityanka, The Czar's Bride, Sadko, Snow-Maiden, Prince Igor, The Sorceress, Not Only Love, Boris Godunov, October, Storm Along the Path, Paganini, Swan Lake, Night Town, Pages of Life, Chopiniana.