Valery Uspensky graduated from the Leningrad Conservatoire and since 1960 worked as the Chief Chorus master in the Ulan-Ude Opera and Ballet Theatre, director of the Leningrad Radio and Television Children’s Choir, conductor of the Song and Dance Ensemble in the Far Eastern military district, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Khabarovsk Choir, director of the students’ choirs in the Khabarovsk Institute of Culture and Arts.
At present professor V. Uspensky is the Head of the Choir Conducting Department. During the last years he has been giving master classes with choruses from various countries, such as the choruses of the Tauscon University (USA) and Higher School of Music in Enschede (Holland).
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