All-Union Conductors Competition

The All-Union Conductors Competition was a competition among musical conductors in the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1988. It took place in Moscow for its first time in 1938 when a set of prizes were awarded by a jury chaired by Samuil Samosud and including Nikolai Myaskovsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alexander Goldenweiser, Aleksandr Gauk, Dmitri Kabalevsky amongst other relevant musicians.[1] From 1966 to 1988 the competition took place quite regularly, almost every five years.

Awarded list

1938: I edition

• Yevgeny Mravinsky (first prize)[2]
• Natan Rakhlin (second prize) [3]
• Alexander Melik-Pashayev (second prize)[3]
• Konstantin Ivanov (third prize)[3]
• Marcos Paverman (fourth prize)[3]
• Kiril Kondrashin (diploma)[4]

1966: II edition

• Yuri Temirkanov (first prize)[5]
• Aleksandr Dmitriyev[3]
• Fuat Mansurov[3]
• Yuri Simonov[3][6]
• Daniel Tyulin[3]
• Maxim Shostakovich[3][7]

1971: III edition

• Alexander Lazarev[3][8]
• Waldemar Nelson[3]

1976: IV edition

• Valery Gergiev[9][10]

1983: V edition

• Gintaras Rinkevičius [11]

1988: VI edition

• Alexander Polianichko (first prize)[12][13]
• Alexander Polishchuk (third prize)[14]
• Rashid Skuratov (third prize)[15]

References

1. Pravda Oct. 1, 1398. ""The Gifted Soviet Musicians" by S. Samosud, People's Artist of the USSR, Chairman of the jury of the Conductor's Competition". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
2. Gregor Tassie: Yevgeny Mravinsky: The Noble Conductor (chronology, page VI), Scarecrow Press - An imprint of Rowman and Littlefield (2005), ISBN 978-1-4616-7453-5 • eBook
3. "Muzkonkurs presentation". Dec 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
4. Naxos.com. "Kiril Kondrashin's biography". Naxos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
5. Termikánov, Yo. "Yuri Termikánov's biography. Bolshoi's webpage". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
6. "Yuri Somonov's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
7. "Shostakovich, a Life. By Laurel Fay. Page 254". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
8. "Alexander Lazarev's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
9. "Valeri Gérgiev's biography. All Music.com". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
10. "Valery Gérgiev's biography. Historical dictionary of Russian music". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
11. "Gintaras Rinkevicius' biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
12. "Aleksander Polianichko's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
13. "Alexandra Polianichko's biography. Mariinsky Theatre's website". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
14. "Aleksander Polishcuck's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
15. "Rashid Skuratov's biography". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.