Edvard Tchivzhel
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Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel is a Russian conductor and music director. He is the Music Director of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra in Greenville, South Carolina.
Early Life
Edvard Tchivzhel was born into a musical family in St. Petersburg, Russia (formerly Leningrad, USSR). He graduated from the prestigious Leningrad Conservatory, which produced notable alumni such as Jascha Heifetz, Mariss Jansons, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Dmitri Shostakovich, Vladimir Sofronitsky, Yuri Temirkanov, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, with degrees in piano and conducting. He then completed three years of postgraduate study under Latvian conductor, Arvid Jansons (father of Mariss Jansons). Tchivzhel was the winner of the Third Soviet Conductor's Competition in Moscow, while still a student.
Career
Tchivzhel was Assistant Conductor to the legendary conductor Yevgeny Mravinsky with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra from 1974 until 1977. He was also the permanent guest conductor St. Petersburg Philharmonic and has frequently conducted the Moscow Philharmonic, the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet (now the Mariinsky Theatre ) as well as other orchestras in the former Soviet Union. He served as Associate Conductor of the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, led by Evgeny Svetlanov.
International Conducting
Tchivzhel has conducted outside of the Soviet Union since the 1980's. He has performed in England, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand. He also served as Artistic Advisor for the Auckland Philharmonia. In 1986, he became the Chief Conductor of the Umeå Sinfonietta, Sweden, and frequently performed with the symphony orchestras of Helsinborg, Malmö and Norrköpping.
Tchivzhel has recently performed in Venezuela (2002), with the Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado in Mexico in commemoration of the victory in World War II (2005), with the Orquestra Sinfónica Brasileira in Rio de Janeiro (2004, 2007). He performed with the Extremadura Symphony Orchestra, Spain (2006, 2008) and in Romania (2008)
Music Director
He has held permanent positions as Music Director with the Karelian Symphony Orchestra of National Television and Radio (1973-1991), the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra (1993-2008) and the Greenville Symphony Orchestra (1999-present). He also serves as Distinguished Visiting Professor at Furman University (Greenville, SC).
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