Igor Borisovich Markevitch was a Russian composer and conductor who studied and worked in Paris and became a naturalized Italian and French citizen in 1947 and 1982 respectively. He was commissioned in 1929 for a piano concerto by impresario Sergei Diaghilev of the Ballets Russes.
- Occupation
- composer, conductor, university teacher, pianist
- Citizenship
- France, Italy, Kingdom of Italy, Russian Empire
- Born
- August 9, 1912
- Died
- March 7, 1983
