Igor Markevitch, the composer, renounced his identity as a composer at the age of 29, a unique case in music history.
Sergey Dyagilev, the impresario who discovered Stravinsky, launched Igor Markevitch's career, leading to worldwide fame as a composer by age twenty.
Igor Markevitch married Kyra, the daughter of the famous dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, and they had a son named Vaslav.
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, the conductor, was nominated for Grammys in 1998, 2003, and 2007 for his recordings.
Igor Markevitch was born in Ki'ev in 1912 and moved to Paris in 1914, eventually settling in Switzerland.
This album includes the first recordings of Igor Markevitch's Le Nouvel Âge, Sinfonietta in F, and Cinéma-Ouverture.
In the 1930s, Igor Markevitch was hailed as one of the singular voices of his time, but his orchestral music was subsequently ignored.
