Vladimir Fedoseyev

Who is Vladimir Fedoseyev?

Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev is a Russian conductor.

Fedoseyev graduated from the Gnessin State Musical College 1957, and Moscow Conservatory 1972. From 1974 artistic director and chief conductor of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio 1974-1999. He has also served as principal conductor of the Vienna Symphony 1977-. As of 2006, he is music director of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio.

Fedoseyev has particularly championed the operas of Rimsky-Korsakov and the music of Valery Gavrilin.

He is a recipient of the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR, the Order "For Labor Valor", and distinction as a 'Dweller of the siege of Leningrad. The asteroid 7741 Fedoseev was named in his honor.

In the October of 2012 issue of "Seven Arts" the conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky recalled Fedoseeyv's role the purge of all Jews from the Moscow Radio Symphony. According to Rozhdestvensky, Fedoseyev's role was that of a willing participant in the anti-Semitic purge of all Jews from the orchestra. Rozhdestvensky's reminiscences can be found at http://www.7iskusstv.com/2012/Nomer10/Shtilman1.php.