Andrei Chistyakov (conductor)

Andrei Nikolaevich Chistyakov or Andrey Chistiakov (Андрей Николаевич Чистяков) (4 January 1949, in Leningrad – 29 November 2000, in Moscow) was a Russian conductor and National Artist of Russia.

He studied conducting at the Leningrad Conservatory under Ilya Musin. From 1978-1988 he was chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic, from 1988 conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre.

Selected discography

 * Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3. Evgeny Kissin, piano; Andrei Chistyakov conducting the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Live performances: 1984-86.
 * Sergei Rachmaninov, Aleko.
 * Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, stage music from The Snow Maiden
 * Rimsky-Korsakov, May Night 1994
 * Alexander Dargomyzhsky, The Stone Guest 1995
 * Dmitri Shostakovich fragment The Gambler Act1. 1995
 * Alexander Serov Judith Irina Udalova (Judith), Russian Academic Choir of the USSR, Male Chamber Choir & Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, 1990, reissued Brilliant 2011