Edouard Grikurov

Who was Edouard Grikurov?

Edouard Grikurov was a Russian opera conductor. He conducted the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirov Opera Orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, and the Chorus and Orchestra of the Maly Theatre of Leningrad.

Born in Tbilisi, Grikurov studied at the Tbilisi Conservatoire where he was a pupil of Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1951 and was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1957. From 1971 until his death 11 years later he was a professor of conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory.