Edward Serov, 
                Conductor

Edward Serov is one of the leading Russian orchestral conductors of the modern era. As a student, he studied with the great Evgeny Mravinsky whose work with the Leningrad Philharmonic made it universally recognized as the finest orchestra of its day. Though Mravinsky trained many Russian conductors, it was Serov whom he chose to be assistant conductor in Leningrad in the 1960s, an accolade to which every young conductor in the Soviet Union aspired. 

Winner of the first Herbert von Karajan conducting competition, founder of two major symphony orchestras in Russia, chief conductor of the famous St Petersburg Chamber Orchestra as well as the Volgograd Philharmonic and the Odense Symphony in Denmark, this is a musician of enormous achievement. 

Nevertheless, like many of the finest Russian artists, Serov came under the harsh scrutiny of the Soviet authorities. He was allowed to continue working but was banned from traveling abroad. For ten years he was not even permitted to correspond with foreign performers and composers. As far as the West was concerned, he disappeared from view. 

With the collapse of the Soviet regime, Edward Serov is now free to travel. Western audiences can thus experience the work of this remarkable musician who is now at the peak of his maturity as an artist.

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