Mark Ermler

Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler (5 May 1932 – 14 April 2002) was a Russian conductor.

Biography

Mark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932. His parents were Vera Bakun, a film set designer, and Friedrich Ermler, a film director. He began to study piano at age 5.

His first conducting appearance at the Bolshoi Theatre was in a 1957 production of Cavalleria rusticana. His other noted operatic engagements included conducting the first performances of Sergei Prokofiev's last opera, The Story of a Real Man.

Ermler was especially noted for his conducting of ballets. He conducted, among others, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. He made complete recordings of all three of Tchaikovsky's ballets with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He became principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet, London, in 1985.

Ermler died after a rehearsal with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. His wife Dina and daughter Masha survived him.

Selected recordings

• Prokofiev - The Story of a Real Man. Bolshoi, 1961. reissued Chandos.

External links

• Obituary

See also: Ermler

Preceded by Vassily Sinaisky	Music Director, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra 1996–1998	Succeeded by Yuri Simonov
Preceded by Alexander Lazarev	Music Director, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow 1998–2000	Succeeded by Alexander Vedernikov
Preceded by vacant	Music Director, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 2000–2002	Succeeded by Seung Gwak