Moscow names street for conductor
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It’s Evgeny Svetlanov Street.
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I am most happy that Svetlanov is honored with a street named after him. I worked nearly seven years with him, and though he wasn’t an easy chap, he was by all means a great conductor with an incredible broad and interesting repertoire.