Yuri Fayer
Yuri Fayer Юрий Файер | |
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Fayer in 1941 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Aria Fayer |
| Born | January 17, 1890 Kiev, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) |
| Died | August 3, 1971 (aged 81) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupation | Conductor |
| Instrument | Violin |
Yuri Fyodorovich Fayer (17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1890 – 3 August 1971, born Aria) was a Soviet conductor specializing in ballet. He was the chief ballet conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1923 to 1963.
Fayer's range extended from the classical repertoire (he conducted over 400 performances of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake alone) through to new ballets by composers such as Shostakovich and Prokofiev. His world premieres included two of Prokofiev's ballets: Cinderella (1945) and (posthumously) The Tale of the Stone Flower (1954). He was held in greet esteem by such dancers as Galina Ulanova and Maya Plisetskaya.