Igor Markevitch

Igor Borisovich Markevitch (27 July 1912 – 7 March 1983) was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes. Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters.

Ukrainian Classical Masterpieces - 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Irmgard Seefried sings Sacred Arias - 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works - 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch in Italy (Live) - 2022-06-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K. 191; Haydn: Sinfonia concertante; Cimarosa: Concerto for two flutes; Schubert: Symphony No. 3 (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 3) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; An Interview with Igor Markevitch (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 19) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Berg: Violin Concerto; Brahms: Tragic Overture; Alto Rhapsody; Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Glinka: A Life for the Tsar (Arr. N. Rimsky-Korsakov) - 2014-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Modest Mussorgsky: Russian Songs, Pictures at an Exhibition - Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms - 2013-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, Op. 20a - 2011-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile - 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Igor Markevitch: Un véritable artiste - 2003-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

BERLIOZ: SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE; DEBUSSY: LA MER "TROIS ESQUISSES SYMPHONIQUES" - 1991-01-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Mompou: Los Improperios; Victoria: Vexilla regis; Ferrer: Lamentación - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile - 1966-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 10) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3, Sz. 119 - 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Overtures (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 4) - 2021-09-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Beethoven: Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 5; Symphony No. 8 - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3; Francesca da Rimini - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; El amor brujo; Chabrier: España; Ravel: Boléro - 2021-08-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition - Night on Bald Mountain - 2017-01-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies & Manfred - 2016-04-08T00:00:00.000000Z

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