Vyacheslav Nagovitsin

Who is Vyacheslav Nagovitsin?

Vyacheslav Lavrent'yevich Nagovitsin is a Russian composer born in Magnitogorsk. He was a student of Dmitri Shostakovich at the Leningrad Conservatory that he graduated in 1966. In 1963-1964 he worked in Ulan-Ude Opera and Ballet Theater. In 1966-1970 he was a lecturer at the Mussorgsky Musical School in Leningrad. In 1968-1970 he also worked as the Music Director of the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Since 1970 he became a professor at the Leningrad Conservatory. He orchestrated two unfinished operas of Modest Mussorgsky: Zhenitba and Salammbô. His orchestration of Salammbô was used by Valery Gergiev at the Mérida festival in 1991.