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As president of two of Russia’s leading musical institutions, the Kirov (later Mariinsky) Opera and Ballet Theater (1976-88) and the Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) Philharmonic Orchestra, he has served for over thirty years since 1970. He served as chief chef for a while. Yuri Temirkanov, who died in 1988 at the age of 84, was… Read More »