page_title: Yuri Temirkanov
hierarchical_section_title: Yuri Temirkanov
caption_attribution_description: English: ST PETERSBURG. President Putin with his French counterpart, Jacques Chirac, and Russian orchestra conductor Yury Temirkanov outside the St Petersburg Philharmonic.Русский: САНКТ-ПЕТЕРБУРГ. С Президентом Франции Жаком Шираком и Юрием Темиркановым у Санкт-Петербургской филармонии.
context_page_description: Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov is a Russian conductor of Circassian origin.
  Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.
context_section_description: Yuri Khatuevich Temirkanov (Russian: Ю́рий Хату́евич Темирка́нов; Kabardian: Темыркъан Хьэту и къуэ Юрий; born December 10, 1938) is a Russian conductor of Circassian (Kabardian) origin.
  Temirkanov has been the Music Director and Chief Conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic since 1988.
caption: Temirkanov (left) is congratulated by French President Jacques Chirac (right) with President Vladimir Putin (center), outside the St Petersburg Philharmonic (2001)
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