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    6. Multi-talented...and now a conductor too

    Maxim Vengerov has been inspired to try out many different styles of music, including baroque, jazz and rock. In 2007 he turned his attention to conducting, becoming the first chief conductor of the Gstaad Festival Orchestra in 2010.

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