Leonid Ofseevich Korchmar is a Russia

Russia

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n conductor.

He is an Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

North Ossetia-Alania

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 and a diploma-winner at the All-Russian Conducting Competition (1981). Since 1989 he has been a conductor in the Mariinsky Theatre

Mariinsky Theatre

The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres. The...

 (former Kirov Ballet and Opera) in St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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. Having studied with Ilya Musin, he now also teaches operatic and symphonic conducting

Conducting

Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...

 in the St Petersburg Conservatory, where his students have included Mikhail Agrest, Christian Knapp, Anu Tali

Anu Tali

Anu Tali is an Estonian conductor. She started her musical training as a pianist, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1991. She continued her studies in the Estonian Music Academy as a conductor with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten and Roman Matsov. From 1998 to 2000, she studied at...

, Sasha Mäkilä

Sasha Mäkilä

Sasha Aleksi Mäkilä is a Finnish conductor and currently Assistant Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra.-Biography:Sasha Mäkilä, born in Kerava, Finland, first studied cello at the Helsinki Conservatory before starting his conducting studies with Leonid Korchmar at the Rimsky-Korsakov State...

, Kristofer Wåhlander

Kristofer Wåhlander

Kristofer Wåhlander is a Swedish conductor, born 12th November 1974 in Loddekopinge in southern Sweden. Founded the St. Petersburg Festival Orchestra in Russia in 2001 and recorded Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony on the La Forza label with the same orchestra .Served as artistic director for the Nordic...

 and Markku Laakso

Markku Laakso

Markku Laakso is a Finnish conductor.He has studied conducting in Russia at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, where his teacher was Leonid Korchmar, and in Finland at the Sibelius Academy with Leif Segerstam...

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External links

• Leonid Korchmar's biography on the site of the Mariinsky Theatre retrieved 31st Dec 2010