Vladimir Fedoseyev Conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev was born in St Petersburg and studied in Moscow at the Gnesins Musical Academy and then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Professor Leo Ginzburg. In 1971 he was invited by the legendary Evgeny Mravinsky to guest conduct the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Such was the success of this concert that many invitations followed and Fedoseyev’s conducting career was launched. In 1974 Fedoseyev became Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. During a period of almost 29 years in this role he has formed a very special relationship with the musicians and developed a distinctive profile for the Orchestra. Under his leadership the Orchestra has made many successful tours of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Great Britain, Spain, the USA, South America, Hong Kong and Japan. In 1996 Fedoseyev was awarded the prestigious Russian award for “Services to the Motherland”. In December 1996 he received from the Austrian Republic the Silver Cross for his services to music in Austria followed in 2002 by a prestigious Gold Medal for services to the City of Vienna. In 1997 Vladimir Fedoseyev was appointed Chief Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Since assuming this position, he has toured worldwide with the orchestra and has received acclaim for his concerts in Vienna at the Musikverein and at the Konzerthaus. Particular highlights of his time with the Vienna Symphony have been his outstanding performances of Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder, Verdi’s Requiem, a concert performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Tsar’s Bride, and a complete cycle of Beethoven’s symphonic work at the Musikverein which culminated in a performance of the Missa Solemnis on New Year’s Eve 2000. Future engagements with the VSO include a tour of the United States in Autumn 2003. During recent years Maestro Fedoseyev has, as guest conductor, worked with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Koln Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Berlin Philharmonic, Zurich Tonhalle (where he conducts every season) and all the major Paris orchestras. He enjoys a fine reputation in Japan and in 1996 was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. A highly acclaimed operatic conductor, Fedoseyev is Permanent Guest Conductor at the Zurich Opera. Recent productions have included his much acclaimed Otello by Verdi, Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina and Massenet’s Don Quixote. Other notable operatic engagements have included Rubenstein’s Demon at the Bregenz Festival in 1997 and L’Amore dei Tre Re by Montemezzi in 1998. He has conducted at La Scala, Vienna State Opera, Teatro Communale in Florence, Rome and Bologna. Maestro Fedoseyev returned to Bregenz in Summer 2003 conducting highly successful performances of Janacek’s Cunning Little Vixen. Future engagements include concerts with the Dresden Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Finnish National Radio Symphony, Teatro Regio di Parma, debuts with the Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras as well as return visits to the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow. Fedoseyev’s extensive discography encompasses the symphonies, operas and ballets of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Shostakovich, Brahms and Mendelssohn.