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Yury Bashmet
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Russian conductor, violinist and violist (born 1953)
OverviewAI-generated
Yury Bashmet is a male musician born in 1953 in Rostov-on-Don. He holds citizenship in the Soviet Union and Russia. Bashmet works as a conductor, music educator, violinist, and violist. He is primarily associated with the viola and performs classical music.
He has received the USSR State Prize, the Order of Honour, the title of People's Artist of the USSR, and the Léonie Sonning Music Prize. Bashmet is employed by the Moscow Conservatory, where he was also educated. He speaks Russian and Italian. His recordings have been released by Deutsche Grammophon, Melodiya, and RCA Red Seal.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Russia
- Active from
- 1953
Discography
- Reminiscences2008
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-01-24 ) 24 January 1953 (age 73) , Rostov-on-Don , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Genres
- Classical
- Occupations
- Violist
- Instruments
- Viola
- Website
- www.yuribashmet.com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yury
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Place of birth
- Rostov-on-Don
- Occupation
- public figure
- Educated at
- Moscow Conservatory
- Employer
- Moscow Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- viola
- Record label
- RCA Red Seal
- Official website
- web.archive.org/web/20051206030604/http://www.yuribashmet.com
- Image
- Yuri Bashmet (2017-11-17).jpg
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- Commons category
- Yuri Abramovich Bashmet
- date of birth
- 1953-01-24
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Encyclopedic overview
Yuri Abramovich Bashmet (born 24 January 1953) is a Russian conductor, violinist, and violist.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yury Bashmet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.