KiRILL KONDRASHIN Conductor one page autobiographical letter signed, 1974

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One page autographed letter signed to Valery Ilyich Zarubin, the Director of the Moscow Theatre Museum who was working on a biographical encyclopedia of artists who had performed in the Bolshoi Theatre at the time, Moscow, March 6, 1974. Kondrashin's return address from the envelope is affixed to the bottom of the letter. 2 punch holes at left.
Moscow March, 6 1974
Respectable Valery Ilyich,
As you asked me I’m giving you all my information
1. I was born Feb. 21(old calendar) 1914 in Moscow
2. Member of Communist Party since Jan. 9 1941
3. Never was a deputy.
4. My Titles
Honor’s Artist of Russian Federation -1951
People’s Artist of Russian Federation -1965
People’s Artist of the USSR - 1972
The First Government Prize for Serov’s opera Enemy’s Power at the Bolshoi Theatre 1948
Government Prize for Opera Bartered Bride at the Bolshoi 1949
Government Glinka Prize Dec 31 1969
Some decorations and medals............
Kondrashin (1914-1981) one of the great conductors of the 20th Century is widely remembered as the conductor who led Van Cliburn's winning performances at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958.  He then gained further Western recognition as he toured the United States with him afterwards.  A video is available on YouTube.  He was the Music Director of the Moscow Philharmonic from 1960 to 1975. He premiered Shostakovich's 4th and 13th Symphonies while he was there. He left the Soviet Union in 1978 and became Permanent Guest Conductor of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. He also had long and fruitful relationships with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.  He left a large oeuvre of recordings which have stood the test of time very well.
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