Word: kiril
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he arrived, he had been virtually without sleep for two nights. Mobbed by the press and friends, he sandwiched in three Manhattan rehearsals with Soviet Conductor Kiril P. Kondrashin and the Symphony of the Air. The queues for standing room started forming outside Carnegie-Hall early in the morning, and nearly an hour before the concert the hall began filling. Van himself arrived backstage five minutes after Conductor Kondrashin had launched the orchestra into Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. Before his cue came, he prayed. Then the 6-ft. 4-in. Texan strode onstage and proved to doubters that...
...Moving Van"), and settle down for a concert tour. Next day Van was back at Idlewild airport to embrace a new buddy, Soviet Conductor Kiril Kondrashin, who will direct orchestras for Van in New York, Philadelphia and Washington...
...Fair (he may do so, with the Philadelphia Orchestra); Impresario Sol Hurok, who once passed him up, tried unsuccessfully to get Cliburn under option; Ed Sullivan put in his bid for Cliburn's first Stateside TV appearance. Columbia Artists announced plans to bring over Moscow Conductor Kiril Kondrashin to accompany Cliburn on May 19 in a Carnegie Hall duplication of his prizewinning concert, with later performances in Philadelphia and Washington. Cliburn's concert fee jumped in a week from a top of $1,000 to $2,500 plus...
Prokofiev: PianoConcerto No.3; Violin Concerto No. I (Emil Gilels, piano; David Oistrakh, violin; U.S.S.R. State Radio Orchestra conducted by Kiril Kondrashin; Westminster). The modern master of melodic and harmonic surprises at his popular best, played by instrumental masters who know just how every phrase should be turned. The results of Soviet recording techniques are a bit shrill, but clear...
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Emil Gilels; State Orchestra of the U.S.S.R. conducted by Kiril Kondrashin; Vanguard). Top-ranking Soviet Pianist Gilels. in a rare U.S. hearing, sounds every bit as impressive as his reputation. His tone can melt or soar, and he has power to spare. Recording: good...