Igor Markevitch
Born: 27th July 1912, Kiev
Nationality: Russian
Igor Borisovich Markevitch was a Russian-born composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters.
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Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Igor Markevitch
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Concertgebouworkest, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Bernard Haitink, Igor Markevitch, Willem van Otterloo, Eugen Jochum, Antal Doráti
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Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6
London Symphony Orchestra, Igor Markevitch
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Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & No. 2; L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 & No. 2
Orchestre Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch
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