Person

Valery Gergiev

Sound · Born 1953-05-02 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.

Known for

Filmography

2025LexoSelf
2022Putin: The Return of the Bear in the DanceSelf (archive footage)
2020Summer Night Concert: 2020Self - Dirigent
2020Anton Bruckner - A Giant in the MakingSelf
2020Wagner: TannhäuserConductor
2020The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying DutchmanConductor
2019Verdi: Simon BoccanegraConductor
2019Verbier Festival – The 25th Anniversary ConcertConductor
2018Music, War and RevolutionSelf
2018Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2018Dirigent
2018Summer Night Concert: 2018 - Vienna PhilharmonicConductor
2018Rachmaninoff: Symphonies Nos 1-3, Symphonic DancesConductor
2018BBC Proms 2016: Ravel, M. / Strauss, R. / Berlioz, H. (Abduraimov, Munich Philharmonic, Gergiev)Conductor
2018Music and PowerSelf
2017Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2017Dirigent
2016Klassik am Odeonsplatz 2016Dirigent
2016After You're GoneHimself
2016Saint-Saëns: Samson et DalilaConductor
2015Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
2015The Mariinsky II Opening GalaConductor
2014The Golden CockerelConductor
2014La BayadèreDirector
2013Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
2013The Italian Character: The Story of a Great Italian OrchestraSelf (archive footage)
2013Swan Lake 3D - Live from the Mariinsky TheatreSelf - principal conductor
2013Solti Centenary ConcertConductor
2013Romeo and Juliet - Mariinsky TheatreConductor
2012Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'The Nutcracker' 2012 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. PetersburgConductor
2012Shchedrin - Dead SoulsConductor
2011Tchaikovsky: Simphonies 4,5 & 6 - Valery GergievConductor
2011Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 & 6 - GergievConductor
2010AttilaConductor
2010The Metropolitan Opera: Boris GodunovMusic Director
2010Verdi AttilaConductor
2010Russian LessonsSelf
2009Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird / The Rite of SpringConductor
2008Mariinsky TheatreSelf
2008The NutcrackerDirector
2007Pyotr Tchaikovsky Ballet 'Swan Lake' 2007 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St PetersburgConductor
2007New Year’s Concert in St PetersburgConductor
2007Benvenuto CelliniMusic Director
2007Tchaikovsky: Eugene OneginConductor
2007Пиковая ДамаConductor
2006New Year’s Eve at the MariinskyConductor
2006BallerinaSelf
2006Bringing Balanchine Back
2005Sacred Stage: The Mariinsky Theater
2005Betrothal In A Monastery - ProkofievConductor
2004The Culture ShowSelf
2003The Master and His PupilHimself
2003Valery Gergiev Conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Prokofiev, Schnittke & Stravinsky
2003The Rite of SpringConductor
2003Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. PetersburgSelf - Conductor
2003The FirebirdConductor
2002TurandotConductor
2002La Belle: Les Ballets de Monte-CarloConductor
2002Russian ArkConductor
2002Tchaikovsky: The Queen of SpadesConductor
2002All the Russias: A Musical JourneyHost
2002The Kirov Celebrates NijinskyConductor
2002Romeo & Juliet - Les Ballets de Monte-CarloConductor
1998Parsifal: The Search for the GrailConductor
1998Prince Igor: Kirov BalletConductor
1997Verdi: La Forza del DestinoConductor
1997The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against StalinSelf, conductor
1996Ruslan and Lyudmila
1995АидаConductor
1994Sadko
1991War and PeaceConductor
1990Boris GodunovSelf - Conductor
—Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 1 - Daniil Trifonov, Valery Gergiev, Mariinsky Theater Orchestra
—Dimitri Shostakovitch - Concerto for violin and Orchestra No.2, Symphony No.7 'Leningrad'
—Johannes Brahms - Karol Szymanowski - Symphonies No2 (London Symphony Orchestra)

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