All-Union Conductors Competition

The All-Union Conductors Competition was a competition among musical conductors in the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1988. It took place in Moscow for its first time in 1938 when a set of prizes were awarded by a jury chaired by Samuil Samosud and including Nikolai Myaskovsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alexander Goldenweiser, Aleksandr Gauk, Dmitri Kabalevsky amongst other relevant musicians.^[1] From 1966 to 1988 the competition took place quite regularly, almost every five years.

Awarded list

1938: I Edition

• Yevgeny Mravinsky (first prize)^[2]
• Natan Rakhlin (second prize) ^[3]
• Alexander Melik-Pashayev (second prize)^[3]
• Konstantin Ivanov (third prize)^[3]
• Marcos Paverman (fourth prize)^[3]
• Kiril Kondrashin (diploma)^[4]

1966: II Edition

• Yuri Temirkanov (first prize)^[5]
• Alexander Sergeyevich Dmitriyev^[3]
• Fuat Mansurov^[3]
• Yuri Simonov^[3][6]
• Daniel Tyulin^[3]
• Maxim Shostakovich^[3][7]

1971: III Edition

• Alexander Lazarev^[3][8]
• Waldemar Nelson^[3]

1976: IV Edition

• Valery Gergiev^[9][10]

1983: V Edition

• Gintaras Rinkevičius ^[11]

1988: VI Edition

• Alexander Polianichko (first prize)^[12][13]
• Alexander Polishchuk (third prize)^[14]
• Rashid Skuratov (third prize)^[15]

References

1. Pravda Oct. 1, 1398. ""The Gifted Soviet Musicians" by S. Samosud, People's Artist of the USSR, Chairman of the jury of the Conductor's Competition". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
2. Gregor Tassie: Yevgeny Mravinsky: The Noble Conductor (chronology, page VI), Scarecrow Press - An imprint of Rowman and Littlefield (2005), ISBN 978-1-4616-7453-5 • eBook
3. "Muzkonkurs presentation". Dec 2011. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
4. Naxos.com. "Kiril Kondrashin's biography". Naxos.com. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
5. Termikánov, Yo. "Yuri Termikánov's biography. Bolshoi's webpage". Bolshoi.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
6. "Yuri Somonov's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
7. "Shostakovich, a Life. By Laurel Fay. Page 254". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
8. "Alexander Lazarev's biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
9. "Valeri Gérgiev's biography. All Music.com". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
10. "Valery Gérgiev's biography. Historical dictionary of Russian music". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
11. "Gintaras Rinkevicius' biography". Meloman.ru. Retrieved 2014-02-15.
12. "Aleksander Polianichko's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
13. "Alexandra Polianichko's biography. Mariinsky Theatre's website". Retrieved 2016-03-28.
14. "Aleksander Polishcuck's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-15.
15. "Rashid Skuratov's biography". Retrieved 2014-02-16.