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title: "2 Igor Markevitch Quotes - Famous Composer (Made in Italy)"
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# Igor Markevitch

(1912–1983)   Composer   Kingdom of Italy

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Igor Markevitch was a composer from the Kingdom of Italy, best known for *Made in Italy*.

## Quick Facts About Igor Markevitch

Born August 9, 1912

Died March 7, 1983

Nationality Kingdom of Italy

Profession Composer

Notable works Made in Italy

Spouse Topazia Caetani

## About Igor Markevitch

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.

## Awards & Honors

Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit

##  Quotes by Igor Markevitch

> [We musicians play in Time and with Time, but sometimes it is Time that plays with us. One day, unpredictably, the evolution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-markevitch/we-musicians-play-in-time-and-with-time-but-sometimes-it-is-time-that/)

Igor Markevitch

[Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/igor-markevitch-96216_culture_we-musicians-play-in-time-and-with-time_337122.jpg)

> [Baton technique is to a conductor what fingers are to a pianist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-markevitch/baton-technique-is-to-a-conductor-what-fingers-are-to-a-pianist/)

Igor Markevitch

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/54b/igor-markevitch-96216_baton_baton-technique-is-to-a-conductor-what-f_2828235.jpg)

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