DMITRI KITAJENKO

Russian conductor 'Dmitri Kitajenko' (born 18 August 1940) was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years before taking up the same position with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990-1998) and the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (1990-1996). He was born in Leningrad and studied at the Glinka Musikschule and the conservatories of Leningrad and Moscow. He won the Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969. He has also served as principal conductor of the Moscow Opera Theater.