valery gergiev was appointed general director of the bolshoi theater for 5 years, vladimir orin was releasedrom this positions at their own request, this is reported with reference to the government order. valery gergiev was born in moscow and grew up in the city of ardzhinnikza, modern vladikavkaz, where in 1972 he graduated from the college of arts, majoring in piano. in 1977 he graduated from the leningrad state conservatory in conducting, while still a student he won the international... conducting competition in berlin and in the same year he won the all-union conducting competition in moscow. after graduating from the conservatory he was accepted into the kirovsky nanemarinsky theater, as an assistant to the chief conductor, and a year later he himself took the stage for the first time, conducting prokofiev’s opera war and peace, from 1981 to 1985 he directed the state symphony orchestra of armenia. in 1988 he took the place of chief conductor of the kirov theater. in 1996 with the return to the mariinsky theater gergi. becomes its artistic director. starting next year, he began to ret