Marius Stravinsky
Marius Stravinsky is a British conductor.[1]
Family
Married to Elena Stravinsky, have a daughter. [2]
Studies
After emigrating to London, he continued his studies at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Eton College, before graduating at the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a violinist, Marius Stravinsky has performed extensively, including Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Spoleto Music Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival and many others. In 1998, he was invited to the Aix-en-Provence Festival as Claudio Abbado's assistant in Peter Brook's new Don Giovanni production (1998).
Professional
He was Assistant Conductor at the Moscow Philharmonic between 2002-2004. Opera debut was in Carmen at the Helikon Opera in Moscow, and he became its resident conductor from 2004-2007, conducting such works as Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (Shostakovich), Dialogues des Carmelites (Poulenc), The Story of a Real Man (Prokofiev), Kashchey the Deathless (Rimsky-Korsakov), Siberia (Giordano) and Mavra (Stravinsky). In 2007 he became Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Karelia Philharmonic Orchestra in Petrozavodsk. He has worked with various orchestras in Europe and across Russia including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, St Petersburg Camerata and many others. His discography includes world premiere recordings of the Ignaz Brüll Violin Concerto and Symphony, Salomon Jadassohn's 1st Symphony and Pavel Pabst's Piano Concerto – all on the Cameo Classics label. Stravinsky has also released recordings of the Maurice Blower Symphony, Lamia by Dorothy Howell and works.
References
- ↑ Harewood, George Henry Hubert Lascelles; Stone, Christopher (2004). Opera. Rolls House Pub. Co. p. 961. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTCh6jPsdbQ&t=24s