Bashmet Yuri Abramovich

Co-Chairman of the Council of the Republic of Moldova, violist, conductor, People’s Artist of the USSR, holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the III and IV degrees, laureate of State Prizes of the USSR and the Russian Federation, artistic director and chief conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra “New Russia”, artistic director, conductor and soloist of the chamber ensemble “Soloists of Moscow”, Vice-President of the Council of the All-Russian Public Organization “Russian Union of Copyright Holders”