Valery Gergiev

瓦列里·格吉耶夫（1953年5月2日－）是俄羅斯知名指揮家和馬林斯基劇院（基洛夫劇院）的指導。同時他還是鹿特丹愛樂樂團，大都會歌劇院和倫敦交響樂團的指揮。

格吉耶夫1953年生於莫斯科一個奧塞梯家庭，在高加索度過了其童年。兒童時的他並沒有顯露過多的音樂才華，到了初中才學習鋼琴，後來到聖彼得堡的音樂學院學習。
1978年，他在基洛夫劇院里到了尤里·塔米卡諾夫底下做助理指揮。在那裡他初次登台，指揮的是普羅科菲耶夫的歌劇戰爭與和平 。他在1981年到1985年間是亞美尼亞愛樂樂團的首席指揮。
1991年，格吉耶夫在慕尼黑指揮巴伐利亞國家歌劇院演出穆索爾斯基的鮑里斯·戈東諾夫，同年他首次登台美國，指揮的是戰爭與和平。從此他就以此兩部歌劇走遍世界。格吉耶夫積極參加各種音樂節，他與鹿特丹愛樂樂團和基洛夫樂團錄製了很多唱片。最近他錄製的肖斯塔科維奇交響曲就動用到這兩支樂隊。
他早在1988年就被俄羅斯政府指派成為基洛夫劇院的指揮和藝術指導。1995年成為鹿特丹愛樂樂團的首席指揮，1997年，又成為紐約大都會歌劇院客席指揮。 2005年他被任命接替科林·戴維斯成為倫敦交響樂團下一位首席指揮。
格吉耶夫在演出前非常仔細研讀總譜，指揮大方熱情，還會在指揮台上嘟噥。他指揮的俄羅斯音樂味到正宗，節奏緊湊。

Since 1988 Valery Gergiev has taken Mariinsky Ballet, Opera and Orchestra ensembles to over 45 countries garnishing universal acclaim. The Mariinsky Concert Hall opened in 2006 and the new Mariinsky Theatre opened in May 2013, alongside the classic Mariinsky Theatre.

A prominent figure in all the world’s major concert halls, Valery Gergiev is also Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre, founder and Artistic Director of the Stars of the White Nights Festival and New Horizons Festival in St Petersburg, the Moscow Easter Festival, the Gergiev Rotterdam Festival, the Mikkeli International Festival, the Red Sea Festival in Eilat, Israel, and is Principal Conductor of the World Orchestra for Peace.

Principal Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra since 2007, Valery Gergiev performs with the LSO at the Barbican, the Proms and the Edinburgh Festival, as well as on extensive tours of Europe, North America and Asia.

His record releases with the Mariinsky Orchestras and London Symphony Orchestra continually win awards in Europe, Asia and America. Recent releases include a Mahler Symphonic Cycle, Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet, Massenet’s Don Quixote, Shchedrin’s Enchanted Wanderer and Wagner’s Parsifal to name only a few.

Gergiev has led numerous composer cycles in New York, London and other international cities including Berlioz, Brahms, Dutilleux, Mahler, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, and Wagner’s Ring and he has introduced audiences around the world to several rarely performed Russian operas.

Valery Gergiev’s many awards include the Dmitri Shostakovich Award, Netherland’s Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion, Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun and the French Order of the Legion of Honor.

Upper right picture : © Marco Borggreve / Decca. Central picture : © Marco Borggreve / Decca.