Mikhail Zhukov (conductor)

Mikhail Nikolayevich Zhukov (Russian: Михаи́л Никола́евич Жу́ков; 14 January 1901, Moscow – 8 November 1960, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and composer.

[1] Zhukov graduated 1918 from the National Choral Academy in Moscow.

In 1919-22 he was first concert master, then 1922-32 conductor at the Stanislavski Opera Studio.

From 1946-1949 he was conductor of the Latvian Opera and Ballet in Riga with Leonid Vigners.

Zhukov is particularly noted for his association with Sergei Prokofiev, having conducted the premiere (1940) and first recording (1960) of Semyon Kotko.