Yuri Temirkanov has died at the age of 84

The St. Petersburg Philharmonic announces on its website the death of its former music director and chief conductor Yuri Temirkanov. The great maestro was 84. He led the Russian orchestra for a third of a century, from 1988 until 2022 Temirkanov was born in Nalchik, Russia, studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and won the...