Music and Time Annotation << Back «Arzamas does not know him, but he knows Berlin, New York, Madrid, Milan, Rome!» (In memory of Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolaev) A.P. Panov The article is dedicated to Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolaev, a wonderful conductor, a graduate of the Sveshnikovsky Choir School, Moscow Conservatory, a teacher who has worked at the Moscow Conservatory for over 40 years. People's Artist of Russia, Professor; He was the artistic director and chief conductor of the symphony orchestras of students at the Moscow Conservatory, the Symphony Orchestra of the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the chamber orchestra of the P. Slobodkin Center. Nikolaev was repeatedly invited to record a large number of major musical works in Russia, Central Europe, and Germany. His recordings include works by Weber, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Berlioz, Shostakovich, R. Strauss, Rossini, Khachaturian, Prokofiev. Nikolaev a lot of recordings on the radio, making entries in the fund. Among the recorded: operas – "Chapaev" by Kholminov, “Young Guard” by Matus, operetta "Maritsa", opera "Secret Marriage" by Cimarosa, "Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo, and others. Soloists of the Musical Theater Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko V. Kudryashov and V. Shcherbinin, soloists of the All-Union Radio Laureate of the international competition A. Martynov and laureate of the All-Union competition A. Moksyakov; Conductors: A. Vedernikov, V. Ryzhaev, S. Dyachenko, Yu. Sobolev, V. Valitov, the author of this article is A. Panov and others. Keywords: conductor, US-Russian youth orchestra, Moscow Conservatory, conductor-choir department, opera class, people’s artist, international conductor competition. Contacts: - Pp. 29-32.