Mark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932. His parents were Vera Bakun, a film set designer, and Fridrikh Ermler, a film director.[1] He began to study piano at age 5.
His first conducting appearance at the Bolshoi Theatre was in a 1957 production of Cavalleria rusticana. His other noted operatic engagements included conducting the first performances of Sergei Prokofiev's last opera, The Story of a Real Man.
mark, ermler, mark, fridrikhovich, ermler, russian, Марк, Фридрихович, Эрмлер, 1932, april, 2002, russian, conductor, contents, biography, selected, recordings, references, external, links, alsobiography, edit, born, leningrad, 1932, parents, were, vera, bakun. Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler Russian Mark Fridrihovich Ermler 5 May 1932 14 April 2002 was a Russian conductor Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected recordings 3 References 4 External links 5 See alsoBiography editMark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932 His parents were Vera Bakun a film set designer and Fridrikh Ermler a film director 1 He began to study piano at age 5 His first conducting appearance at the Bolshoi Theatre was in a 1957 production of Cavalleria rusticana His other noted operatic engagements included conducting the first performances of Sergei Prokofiev s last opera The Story of a Real Man Ermler was especially noted for his conducting of ballets He conducted among others Swan Lake Petrushka The Firebird The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker He made complete recordings of all three of Tchaikovsky s ballets and Prokofiev s Romeo and Juliet with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden He became principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet London in 1985 Ermler died after a rehearsal with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Selected recordings editProkofiev The Story of a Real Man Bolshoi 1961 reissued Chandos Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Soviet Union Melodiya 33C10 09945 6 LP References edit David Nice Obituary for Mark Ermler The Guardian 23 April 2002 External links editObituarySee also editErmler Cultural offices Preceded byVassily Sinaisky Music Director Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra1996 1998 Succeeded byYuri Simonov Preceded byAlexander Lazarev Music Director Bolshoi Theatre Moscow1998 2000 Succeeded byAlexander Vedernikov Preceded byGyeong Su Won Principal Conductor Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra2000 2002 Succeeded bySeung Gwak nbsp This article about a Russian conductor or bandleader is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Ermler amp oldid 1187667077, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
