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 Sergei 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.
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Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": I. Adagio. Allegro non troppo - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": II. Allegro con grazia - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": III. Allegro molto vivace - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique": IV. Adagio lamentoso. Andante - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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A night on the bare mountain A night on the bare mountain - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40: Mouvement modéré de Valse - MARKEVITCH conducts Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Saint-Saëns (Restored in 2026) -
Igor Markevitch
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