Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko (also spelled Dmitrij Kitajenko; born 18 August 1940)[1] is a Soviet and Russian conductor.

He was bestowed the title People's Artist of the USSR (1984).

[3] He was a prizewinner in the first Herbert von Karajan competition in 1969.

[1][2] Kitayenko served as principal conductor of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (1970–1976).

[4] Then he was music director of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra for 14 years.