Dmitri Kitayenko

{{Short description|Russian conductor (born 1940)}}{{Infobox person

| name = Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko

| image = Kitajenko Dmitry.jpg

| caption = Dmitri Kitayenko in 2018

| native_name = Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Китае́нко

| native_name_lang = ru

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|08|18}}

| birth_place = Leningrad

| education = Glinka Conservatory, Leningrad Conservatory, Moscow Conservatory, Music Academy of Vienna

| occupation = Conductor

}}

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Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; {{langx|ru|Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Китае́нко}}; born 18 August 1940) is a Soviet and Russian conductor. He was bestowed the title People's Artist of the USSR (1984).

He was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union. He studied at Glinka Conservatory, at Leningrad Conservatory and then at Moscow Conservatory with Leo Ginzburg and at Music Academy of Vienna with Hans Swarowsky.{{Cite book |last1=Caskel |first1=Julian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7w1BEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kitajenko,+Dmitrij&pg=PT388 |title=Handbuch Dirigenten: 250 Porträts |last2=Hein |first2=Hartmut |date=2016-03-01 |publisher=Bärenreiter-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7618-7027-3 |language=de}} He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist |id=q33519 |pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography: Dmitri Kitayenko |last=Cummings |first=Robert |publisher=AMG |access-date=8 May 2010}}

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Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970–1976).{{Cite web |last=Heute |first=Klassik |title=Dmitrij Kitajenko |url=http://www.klassik-heute.de/4daction/www_interpret?id=6475 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Klassik Heute |language=de}} Then he was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years. He has also held principal conductorships with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (1990–1998), the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (1990–1996),{{cite web |date=2017 |title=Dmitrij Kitajenko |url=http://www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de/orchester/historie/ehemalige-chefdirigenten/chefdirigent-19901996-dmitrij-kitajenko,historie-dirigenten-dmitrij-kitajenko-100.html |work=hr-sinfonieorchester.de |location=Frankfurt |language=de |access-date=27 October 2017}} the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra,[https://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=53 "American Russian Young Artists Orchestra opens American Tour with special Concert at Bard College on Monday, June 14, at 7 P.M." Bard.Edu] the KBS Symphony Orchestra (1999–2004), and the Bern Symphony Orchestra (1990–2004).{{Cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title="Tiere lügen nie" |url=https://www.thunertagblatt.ch/tiere-luegen-nie-854851205020 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Thuner Tagblatt |language=de}}