Vladimir Jurowski

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Vladimir Jurowski (born 1972 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian conductor. His father is the conductor Michail Jurowski. He began his musical studies at the Music College of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1990, he moved with his family to Germany, where he completed his education at the High Schools of Music in Dresden and Berlin. He studied conducting with Rolf Reuter and vocal coaching with Semion Skigin.

In the 1996-1997 season, Jurowski joined the ensemble of the Komische Oper Berlin. He received the title of First Kapellmeister a year later, and continued to work there on a full-time basis until 2001. He was the Principal Guest Conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna between 2000 and 2003.

In January 2001, Jurowski became Music Director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 2003, he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra and a member of the Russian National Orchestra Conductor Collegium. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra. Jurowski will become Principal Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of the 2007-2008 season.[1].

In the USA, Jurowski made an acclaimed conducting debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra in October 2005[2]. From this, he has been named as a possible candidate to succeed Christoph Eschenbach as Music Director there.[3] [4].

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  1. ^ Tom Service, "Sound and vision". The Guardian, 2 December 2006.
  2. ^ Peter Dobrin, "Orchestral chemistry". Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 October 2005.
  3. ^ Peter Dobrin, "Getting to know him better". Philadelphia Daily News, 22 July 2006.
  4. ^ Peter Dobrin, "Orchestra has some lessons to consider". The Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 October 2006.

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Preceded by:
Andrew Davis		 Music Director, Glyndebourne Opera
2001–		 Succeeded by:
incumbent
Preceded by:
Kurt Masur		 Principal Conductor (Designate), London Philharmonic Orchestra
2007–		 Succeeded by:
(designate)
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