Yuri Fayer
Soviet conductor (1890–1971)
Died aged 81CapricornSoviet Union
Biography
Yuri Fyodorovich Fayer (17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1890 – 3 August 1971, born Aria) was a Soviet conductor specializing in ballet. He was the chief ballet conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1923 to 1963.
Fayer's range extended from the classical repertoire (he conducted over 400 performances of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake alone) through to new ballets by composers such as Shostakovich and Prokofiev. His world premieres included two of Prokofiev's ballets: Cinderella (1945) and (posthumously) The Tale of the Stone Flower (1954). He was held in greet esteem by such dancers as Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya.
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Career highlights
Genres
- classical music
Instruments
- violin
Awards & honours (11)
- Stalin Prize
- Order of Lenin
- People's Artist of the USSR
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- People's Artist of the RSFSR
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree
Quick answers about Yuri Fayer
- How old was Yuri Fayer?
- Yuri Fayer died on August 3, 1971 at the age of 81.
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- Yuri Fayer was born on January 17, 1890.
- Where was Yuri Fayer born?
- Yuri Fayer was born in Kyiv.
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- Yuri Fayer's zodiac sign is Capricorn.
- What is Yuri Fayer's nationality?
- Yuri Fayer is a citizen of Soviet Union, Russian Empire.
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- Yuri Fayer is known as conductor, concertmaster, actor, violinist.
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