Pavel Kogan (conductor)

Pavel Leonidovich Kogan (Russian: Павел Леонидович Коган; born 6 June 1952 in Moscow) is a Russian violinist and conductor who was chief conductor of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra from 1989 until 2022.

He was granted special permission to study both disciplines at the same time which was a rarity in the Soviet Union.

In the years that followed he conducted the leading Soviet orchestras both at home and on tour abroad at the invitation of Mravinsky, Kondrashin, Svetlanov and Rozhdestvensky.

In 1988, as a conductor of the Bolshoi Opera, Kogan opened the season with a new production of Verdi's La Traviata.

Kogan was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for his performance of the complete symphonies and vocal cycles of Gustav Mahler.