- Born
- May 2, 1953 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
- Also known as
- Валерий Гергиев, Валерий Абисалович Гергиев, Valery Abisalovich Gergiev
Biography
Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, chief conductor of the Munich Philharmonic and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.