Gergiev was principal conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra between 1995 to 2008.
Valery Gergiev was repolaced by Thomas Søndergård for a concert on the 30th of November 2016. See Barry Douglas for concert details.
In 1978, Gergiev was appointed assistant conductor at the Mariinsky Opera, then led by Yuri Temirkanov in 1978. He became general director of the Mariinsky Theatre after Temirkanov retirement in 1988.
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev was born in Moscow on the 2nd of May 1953.