Yuri Fayer Юрий Файер | |
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 Fayer in 1941 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aria Fayer |
| Born | January 17, 1890 Kiev, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) |
| Died | August 3, 1971 (aged 81) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Instrument | Violin |
Yuri Fyodorovich Fayer[a] (17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1890 – 3 August 1971, born Aria)[b][citation needed] was a Soviet conductor specializing in ballet. He was the chief ballet conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1923 to 1963.[1]
Fayer's range extended from the classical repertoire (he conducted over 400 performances of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake alone)[2] through to new ballets by composers such as Shostakovich and Prokofiev. His world premieres included two of Prokofiev's ballets: Cinderella (1945) and (posthumously) The Tale of the Stone Flower (1954). He was held in greet esteem by such dancers as Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya.[3]
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