Igor Markevitch

Igor Borisovich Markevitch (Russian: Игорь Борисович Маркевич, Igor Borisovich Markevich, Ukrainian: Ігор Борисович Маркевич, Ihor Borysovych Markevych; 27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was an avant-garde Russian composer and eminent conductor of Ukrainian origin 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.

Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works - 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K. 191; Haydn: Sinfonia concertante; Cimarosa: Concerto for two flutes; Schubert: Symphony No. 3 (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 3) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Symphony No. 4; Berlioz: Harold en Italie (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 8) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; An Interview with Igor Markevitch (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 19) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Overtures (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 4) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

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