Igor Borisovich Markevitch was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Serge Diaghilev of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Markevitch settled in Italy during World War II. After the war, he moved to Switzerland. He had an international conducting career from there. He was married twice and had three sons and two daughters.
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Berlioz: La damnation de Faust & Harold en Italie (Les indispensables de Diapason)2023
Carl Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29, CNW 28 "The Inextinguishable"2022
Ride of the Valkyries and Other Works2022
Bizet: Carmen Suites, Symphonie en Ut & Chants du Rhin (Les indispensables de Diapason)2022
Wagner: Orchestral Works (Igor Markevitch: The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy, Vol. 14)2021
Gounod: Symphony No. 2; Bizet: Jeux d'enfants; Debussy: La Mer; Debussy: Danses for Harp and Orchestra (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 11)2021
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6; Francesca da Rimini (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 13)2021
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Cherubini: Anacreon Overture; Auber: La muette de Portici Overture (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 9)2021
Cherubini: Requiem No. 2; Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317 “Coronation” (Igor Markevitch – The Deutsche Grammophon Legacy: Volume 1)2021
Singles & EPs
Saga-drøm, Op. 39, FS 46Single • 2023
Schubert: Symphony No. 4 in C Minor - "Tragic"EP • 2013
Berlioz & Satie - Igor MarkevitchEP • 2002
Radio Suisse Romande Présente: Daphnis et Chloé: Fragments Symphoniques II - Suite Pour Orchestre No. 2Single • 1954
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, Op. 20aEP • 2011
The Masterpieces - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Ballet Suite, Op. 20aEP • 2011
Mozart: Toy Symphony by Igor Markevitch (2025 Remastered, Moscow 1965)Single • 2025
Dallapiccola: Canti di prigionia (feat. Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia)Single • 2025