Vladimir Ziva (born 1957) is a Russian conductor who graduated from both Moscow and Saint Petersburg Conservatories where he was under guidance from Evgeny Kudryavtsev and Dmitri Kitaenko respectively.
In June 1988 he was a leader of the Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic and then was invited by Svatoslav Rikhter to conduct The Contest Between Phoebus and Pan which was performed along with Boris Pokrovsky.
During the same time he also conducted December Nights as well as Benjamin Britten's Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw.
At the same time he also conducted Marcel Landowski's opera Madman at the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre followed by Prince Igor at the same place.
Later on, the same play was conducted by him along with Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and its Chamber Theater in the United States at the Festival of Soviet Music.