18 Facts About Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski is a Russian conductor resident in Germany.

Vladimir Jurowski is the son of conductor Michail Jurowski, and grandson of Soviet film music composer Vladimir Michailovich Jurowski.

Vladimir Jurowski studied conducting with Rolf Reuter and vocal coaching with Semion Skigin.

Vladimir Jurowski participated in a conducting master class with Sir Colin Davis on Sibelius' Symphony No 7 in 1991.

Vladimir Jurowski first appeared on the international scene in 1995 at the Wexford Festival, where he conducted Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera May Night, and he returned the following year for Giacomo Meyerbeer's L'etoile du nord, which was recorded by Naxos Records.

Vladimir Jurowski received the title first Kapellmeister a year later, and continued to work there full-time until 2001.

Vladimir Jurowski was the principal guest conductor of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna between 2000 and 2003.

Vladimir Jurowski's conducting debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra was in December 2001.

Vladimir Jurowski was reported to have been offered the music directorship of Welsh National Opera upon the 2004 departure of Carlo Rizzi, but he declined the position.

Several CD recordings of Vladimir Jurowski conducting the LPO have been released.

In May 2007, Vladimir Jurowski received the 2007 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for Conductor of the Year.

Vladimir Jurowski is a Principal Artist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

In Russia, Vladimir Jurowski has served as a member of the Russian National Orchestra Conductor Collegium.

Vladimir Jurowski concluded his principal conductorship of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation in 2021.

Vladimir Jurowski made an acclaimed conducting debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in October 2005.

Vladimir Jurowski returned in February 2007 to Philadelphia for a second guest conducting engagement which received critical praise.

Vladimir Jurowski returned to Philadelphia Orchestra for guest-conducting appearances in March 2009, October 2009, March 2010, November 2011, February 2014, and October 2014.

In February 2024, Vladimir Jurowski was appointed as an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.