Fuat Mansurov, Kazakh-born Russian conductor (Bolshoi Theatre).has died he was 82

Fuat Mansurovhas died he was 82. Mansurovhas Studied in musical technical school on a violoncello class. O.O.Uzing was the teacher of the young man. Within seven years F.Mansurov studied at the uncommon musician and has received fine musical preparation. In 1950 F.Mansurov has finished university, and in 1951 – department (course) of opera-symphonic conducting in Almaty State (nowadays National) Conservatoire of a name of Kurmangazy. Creative enthusiasm and huge work of the musician, feature of talent have resulted him to Moscow where he was improved in postgraduate study of the Moscow state conservatory of a name of P.I. Tchaikovsky.

(January, 10th 1928- June 12, 2010)

His professional career he started in 1953 at the Kazakh opera and ballet theatre of a name of Abay in Alma-Ata , where worked till 1956. In 1957 has won the First award at the Sixth World festival of youth and students in Moscow, the same year he have been appropriated with the rank "The Honored artist of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic". In 1958 has been appointed by the main conductor of just organised State symphonic orchestra of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, and in 1963 became the main conductor of the Kazakh opera and ballet theatre of a name of Abay. Simultaneously heading an orchestra of theatre, F.Mansurov since 1963 becomes the main conductor of an orchestra of the Moscow conservatory where also teaches a conducting course. In 1971 the student's orchestra of the Moscow conservatory prepared by Fuat Mansurov, has won the First award of the International competition of youth orchestras of a name of Herbert von Karajan in the Western Berlin. In 1966 at the Second All-Union competition of conductors he becomes the winner. After successful training in the Big theatre of the USSR: since 1967 year he works there to this day.

Regularly Fuat Mansurov has begun to come to Kazan with 1967. In 1968 F.Mansurov is appointed as the main conductor of Opera and ballet theatre of a name M.Dzhalil in Kazan. Simultaneously F.Mansurov conducts the State symphonic orchestra of Republic Tatarstan. He has proved as the original, deeply conceiving artist giving new treatment of classical plots, having the modern approach to an embodiment of scenic images. The repertuare range of conductor F.Mansurov is very wide and covers huge number of large symphonic compositions, opera and ballet performances. F.Mansurov worked with the largest symphonic orchestras - such, as the State academic symphonic orchestra of the USSR and the Deserved collective of Republic the Academic symphonic orchestra of the Leningrad philharmonic society.

Since 1980 Fuat Mansurov - the professor of the Moscow conservatory, the author of the dissertation in which has developed essentially new method of adaptation of young musicians in an orchestra. In 1997 the International Council of scientific development (the Russian section) has selected F.Mansurov the full member (academician) of the International Academy of sciences. He is the unique international academician among the Russian conductors.

Since 1989 he is the art director and the main conductor of the State symphonic orchestra of Republic Tatarstan. For concert programs of the State symphonic orchestra 1991-1993 F.Mansurov awarded State award of Republic Tatarstan of a name of G.Tukaj in 1994.

In July 2006 F.Mansurov has headed, instead of diseased Mstislav Rostropovich, the 9th International festival of arts under a name of Andrey Saharov, devoted to the 100 anniversary from the date of a birth of the greatest composer of 20 centuries D.D.Shostakovich who named Mansurov "the best interpreter of the products".

Huge erudition and the perfected professional skill allow F.Mansurov with success to perform in foreign countries. With his art are familiar in more than twenty countries of the world. He conducted concert programs and performances in England, USA, France, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Greece, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Australia and other countries. "The national actor of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic" (1967), "the National actor Tatar ASSR" (1975), "the National actor of the Russian Federation" (1998) is awarded ranks.

In 2004 became the honorary academician of Academy of sciences of Republic Tatarstan.

In 2005 has been awarded the order Friendship of the people.

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