Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Генна́дий Рожде́ственский) (born 1931) is a Russian conductor. He graduated in piano and composition from Moscow Conservatory, becoming probationer conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre while still a student. He premiered many works of Soviet composers.
He has had tenures with the following orchestras:
- 1961-74 Moscow Radio and Television Orchestra
- 1965-70 Bolshoi Theatre orchestra
- 1974-85 Chamber Theatre Orchestra
- 1974-77 Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
- 1978-81 BBC Symphony Orchestra
- 1980-82 Wiener Symphonic
- 1983-91 USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
- 1992- Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
With the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra he recorded all the symphonies of Shostakovich, Glazunov, Bruckner, Schnittke, Honegger, and Williams.
He has also conducted many of the world's greatest orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the London Symphony Orchestra.
