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Igor Markevitch
Russian conductor and composer (1912–1983)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 9 August 1912
- Died
- 7 March 1983
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Antibes
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Igor
- Family name
- Markiewicz
- Father
- Boris Markevitch
- Mother
- Zoia Pokhitonov
- Spouse
- Kyra Nijinsky, Topazia Caetani
- Child
- Oleg Caetani
- Sibling
- Dimitry Markevitch
- Movement
- classical music
- Genre
- classical music
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, university teacher, pianist
- Citizenship
- France, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, Russian Empire
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), BEIC Digital Library, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- instrument
- piano
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Маркевич Игорь Борисович
- record label
- Philips Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Philips Classics Records
- student
- Wolfgang Sawallisch, Daniel Barenboim, Jean Périsson, Ronald Zollman, Rune Larsson, Leonardo Balada, Shalom Ronli-Riklis, Alexandros Myrat, Giorgos Thymis, Vasilis Dellios, Herbert Blomstedt
- student of
- Nadia Boulanger, Pierre Sancan, Hermann Scherchen
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