Mark Ermler
{{Short description|Soviet and Russian conductor (1932–2002)}}{{Infobox person
| name = Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler
| native_name = Марк Фридрихович Эрмлер
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|05|05}}
| birth_place = Leningrad
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|04|14|1932|05|05}}
| death_place = Seoul
| occupation = Conductor
| mother = Vera Bakun
| father = Fridrikh Ermler
}}
Mark Fridrikhovich Ermler ({{langx|ru|Марк Фридрихович Эрмлер}}; 5 May 1932{{spaced ndash}}14 April 2002) was a Russian conductor.
Biography
Mark Ermler was born in Leningrad in 1932. His parents were Vera Bakun, a film set designer, and Fridrikh Ermler, a film director.[https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,689069,00.html David Nice, Obituary for Mark Ermler. The Guardian, 23 April 2002.] He began to study piano at age 5.
His first conducting appearance at the Bolshoi Theatre was in a 1957 production of Cavalleria rusticana. His other noted operatic engagements included conducting the first performances of Sergei Prokofiev's last opera, The Story of a Real Man.
Ermler was especially noted for his conducting of ballets. He conducted, among others, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Firebird, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker. He made complete recordings of all three of Tchaikovsky's ballets and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He became principal guest conductor of the Royal Ballet, London, in 1985.
Ermler died at April 4, 2002 during the tour with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul.{{Cite web |date=2002-04-19 |title=Большой простился с Марком Эрмлером |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/319164 |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.kommersant.ru |language=ru}}
Selected recordings
- Prokofiev – The Story of a Real Man. Bolshoi, 1961. reissued Chandos.
- Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5. Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Soviet Union. Melodiya. 33C10-09945-6. (LP)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060929025204/http://www.musicaltimes.co.uk/archive/0203/ermler.html Obituary]
See also
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