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Ilan Volkov, conductor
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'He is not an ostentatious conductor, and the torment and tenderness of this complex and often enigmatic piece registered all the more powerfully for his refusal to add false theatrics to Shostakovich's compellingly dramatic diary of a Stalin survivor. ' The Guardian - LSO Symphony Orchestra
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Ilan Volkov, who, in his first appearance with the company, demonstrated an impressive mastery of Britten's symphonic score. He also had an ability to mind-meld with his considerable forces, consistently keeping entrances on time and on-tempo. The orchestra has rarely sounded better.' Washington Post - Peter Grimes Washington National Opera
'Last evening at the Kennedy Center, the 30-year-old Israeli led the National Symphony Orchestra in a blazing concert of the music of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff, as well as of an American premiere. Volkov elicited music making of clarity, sparkle and thrust that spoke of a fiery spirit and an acute, if still developing, musical intelligence.’ Washington Post - National Symphony Orchestra
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Ilan
Volkov is the Chief Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 
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