Kirill Karabits

Conductor Kirill Karabits has had a varied career that has included leadership of large symphony orchestras and smaller groups. He became the first Ukrainian named principal conductor of a major orchestra in the U.K. when he assumed that position with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in 2009. Karabits was born in Kiev, Ukraine, on December 26, 1976. His father, Ivan Karabits, was a composer and conductor. Young Kirill studied piano, composition, and musicology, but when he was 13, he became interested in the idea of becoming a conductor. He studied at Kiev's Lysenko Music S...