All-Union Conductors Competition

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The All-Union Conductors Competition was a competition among musical conductors in the Soviet Union from 1938 to 1988. It took place in Moscow for its first time in 1938 when a set of prizes were awarded by a jury chaired by Samuil Samosud and including Nikolai Myaskovsky, Heinrich Neuhaus, Alexander Goldenweiser, Aleksandr Gauk, Dmitri Kabalevsky amongst other relevant musicians. [1] From 1966 to 1988, the competition took place regularly averaging about one event per five years.

Contents

Awarded list

1938: I edition

1966: II edition

1971: III edition

1976: IV edition

1983: V edition

1988: VI edition

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