Alexander Nikolaevich Lazarev (born July 5, 1945 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian conductor. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory from 1968 to 1975 and won first prize at the Third All-Union Conducting Competition in 1971 and a gold medal at the Herbert von Karajan Competition in 1972. In 1982, he was named People's Artist of the RSFSR for his services in Soviet musical art and received the State Prize of the RSFSR in 1986. Lazarev served as chief conductor and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre (1987‑1995), was principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1992‑1995), and led the Royal Scottish National Orchestra as principal conductor (1997‑2005). From 2008 to 2011, he was also the conductor of the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra. His discography includes Violin Solo in Russian Ballets (1988), Rimsky‑Korsakov: Capricio Espagnol Suite Op. 34 (1992), and Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Capricio Italien (2003), Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherezade (2010), and チャイコフスキー:交響曲第5番 (2014).
