Vladimir Altschuler

Vladimir Abramovich Altschuler, also Altshuler (; born 29 September 1946), is a Russian chief-conductor and artistic director of Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra and Honoured Artist of Russia.

Education and first appearance Altschuler obtained a Ph.D. in art history but decided to become a musician instead. He joined one of Saint Petersburg's orchestras in 1969. In 1970 he graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory under the tutelage of Yuri Kramarov, who taught him viola. Twelve years later he became a conductor at his graduation school under guidance from Aleksandr Dmitriyev and then became chief conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra two years later. His debut as a conductor was in the same year at the same place and in 1990 he became a director of the Chamber Orchestra of the Academic Troupe, a position he retains as of 2013.

Conductor

National performances In 1994 he became a conductor of the Academic Symphony Orchestra where he performed musical scores from Bach to Shostakovich which pieces have appeared in many Russian films. He also performed various polka and waltz music at such festivals as the Sound Ways Festival and Great Waltz and featuring music by Krzysztof Penderecki and Witold Lutosławski. For the very first time of Russian music history, Altschuler have performed Anton Bruckner's nine symphonies and later on performed Michael Tippett's A Child of Our Time which was performed for the first time in Saint Petersburg. He also performed various works by Veniamin Basner, Galina Ustvolskaya and many other national and international composers.

International performances With those performances he traveled to Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, both Croatia and North Macedonia and even Asian countries such as South Korea and Turkey. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (August 2, 1997) — for services in the field of art