Yuri Temirkanov

• Conductor

Biography

Maestro Temirkanov is a frequent guest conductor of major orchestras in Europe and Asia including the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Santa Cecilia, Rome and La Scala. In the USA, he conducts the major orchestras in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. His numerous recordings include collaborations with the St Petersburg Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with whom he recorded the complete Stravinsky ballets and the Tchaikovsky symphonic cycle.

For ten days over the Christmas holiday, Maestro Temirkanov hosts the annual International Winter Festival Arts Square in St Petersburg, Russia, to which he invites many of the world’s leading soloists.