Kirill Kondrashin - His Life in Music

Informationen zum Autor Gregor Tassie has written for magazines such as Gramophone, Musical Opinion, and Classical Record Collector. He is the author of Yevgeny Mravinsky: The Noble Conductor (Scarecrow, 2005). Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music presents a full biography of the artist, from his humble background and early conducting experience at age 17, through his 20 years in Leningrad and at the Bolshoi Theatre; from his breaking with the Bolshoi and the expanded symphonic career that followed, through his defection in 1978 and his unexpected death of a heart attack in 1981. Twenty photos are included, as well as a full discography, bibliography, and index.

Product details

• Authors: Gregor Tassie
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2010
• EAN: 9780810869745
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-6974-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Scarecrow Press
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries