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He is an orchestral conductor born in Russia
and studying at the Moscow Conservatory under Kiril Kondrashin. He won
the First Award at the International Conducting Competition of Herbert
von Karajan
and was offered a place in
his orchestra to improve his skills, although not allowed due to the Soviet authorities
not giving him an extension to stay abroad. He has
conducted the Moscow
Symphony Orchestra
, the Bolshoi and Russian State Symphonie and from 1996 he was the
music director of the Moscow State Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra. As a guest conductor he has worked
with orchestras throughout Europe.
Moscow
Symphony Orchestra recordings
El Corpus en Seville ( Isaac Albeniz)
Naxos
8.553023 (CD: Iberia)
Conductor - Igor Golovchin
El
Puerto ( Isaac Albeniz)
Naxos
8.553023 (CD: Iberia)
Conductor - Igor Golovchin
Iberia (Isaac
Albeniz)
Naxos
8.553023 (CD: Iberia)
Conductor - Igor Golovchin
Sources:
- http://www.classicalarchives.com/artists/moscow.html#GOLOVCHIN
- http://www.planet.satto.co.yu/slavbasses/english/dir4a.htm
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