Biography:

Alexander Moiseevich [1] ( Mikhailovich [2] ) Skulsky  ( April 12, 1942  – August 30, 2022 ) – Russian conductor, music teacher and TV presenter; Artistic director and chief conductor of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra , professor at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory . People’s Artist of the Russian Federation (2004).

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Born on April 12, 1942 in the city of Gorky.

In 1965, Alexander Skulsky graduated from the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory in the class of Margarita Samorukova , and in 1971 from the Leningrad Conservatory in the class of Nikolai Rabinovich .

For more than 50 years, the creative destiny of Alexander Skulsky has been inextricably linked with the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic and its symphony orchestra. In 2000, the maestro became its artistic director and chief conductor. Not only listeners express their admiration for the powerful, exciting sound of the orchestra under the direction of Alexander Mikhailovich, but also the professional musical community recognizes his gift and the scale of the work done. How the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra has grown over the 17 years of its leadership, and what it represents today, has been noted by many Russian musical figures. The orchestra’s repertoire includes all world classics and modern music.

The geography of the maestro’s concert performances is very wide: the Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Alexander Skulsky is invited to many Russian cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. The tour to the Baltic countries and Europe was a huge success – they were applauded in famous concert halls, including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Auditorium in Barcelona, ​​the Royal Palace in Brussels, and the Theater on the Champs Elysees in Paris.

Since 1976, Alexander Mikhailovich successfully combined his activities as a conductor with work at the Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory, where he headed the Department of Opera Training, Orchestral and Opera and Symphony Conducting. During this time, he graduated from about 20 students, some of whom became chief conductors of leading Russian orchestras. Professor, author of numerous scientific papers, articles, manuals.

He was the chairman of the State Attestation Commission at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with a degree in conducting an opera and symphony orchestra (2011), a jury member of the All-Russian Music Competition with a degree in opera and symphony conducting (2015).

He died suddenly on August 30, 2022 at the age of 81 [3] . He was buried at the Bugrovskoe cemetery.

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