Vladimir Yurovsky elected Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Music Automatic translate

LONDON. Conductor Vladimir Yurovsky received a diploma from him at the hands of Prince Charles.

The decision to award the title of Honorary Doctor of the Royal College of Music to the famous Russian conductor Vladimir Yurovsky was made by the president of this educational institution, Prince of Wales (Charles, Prince of Wales). A passionate fan of classical music and ballet, Charles ended up in this post in 1993. In the graduate list of the college, founded in 1882, you can find the names of such great musicians as Benjamin Britten, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Leopold Stokowski, Joan Sutherland. Yurovsky’s contribution to the musical life of Great Britain, namely this criterion is key in making a decision, is significant. Behind the years of cooperation with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (London Philharmonic Orchestra) as a specially invited, and then the main conductor. For more than ten years, he served as the musical director of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

In 2011, Yurovsky was elected artistic director of the Evgeny Svetlanov Orchestra. During his repertoire, the collective’s palette gained new colors due to the works of modern composers - Denisov, Pyart, Britten, Orff, Tavener. In the situation with “Tannhauser” at the Novosibirsk Opera, he categorically disagreed with the unacceptable methods used to combat a work of art. Even if it seems controversial to someone.

Conductor Roger Arthur Carver Norrington and American composer Steven Reich (Stephen Michael Reich) were also awarded honorary titles.

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