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Dmitry Liss

Russian conductor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ1410928
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Dmitry Liss (born October 28, 1960) is a Russian conductor. He is also the artistic director and chief conductor of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra.

Biography

Born at October 28, 1960 in Balashov, Saratov Oblast of Russia, Dmitry Liss is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory. Upon graduation from the conservatory in 1984 he became a conductor of the Kuzbass Symphony Orchestra. In 1991 he was appointed to the position of Chief Conductor of this orchestra and at this time became the youngest chief conductor in Russia. Since 1995, Dmitry Liss has served as Artistic Director/Chief Conductor of the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. Most recently, Liss was appointed Associate Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra (1999). In 1997–1999 he was Principal Russian Conductor of the American Russian Youth Orchestra.

Activities

He has taken part in numerous international festivals and has recorded CDs for a variety of American, Russian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Belgian and Swiss companies.

Awards

Winner of the 1st International Competition of Young Conductors Lovro von Matačić (Zagreb, 1995).

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1410928. VIAF identifies the subject as 74135140. The Library of Congress control number is no2001056999. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960, 1984, 1991 and 1995.

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This entry incorporates text from Dmitry Liss” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.