Kondrashin akaberekerwa muMoscow mumhuri yevaimbi veorchestra. Mushure mekupedza maawa mazhinji achidzidzira, akaita sarudzo yakasimba pazera remakore gumi nemana kuti ave mutungamiriri. Akadzidza kuMoscow Conservatory kubva 1931 kusvika 1936 pasi pemutungamiriri Boris Khaykin. Kondrashin akatanga kutungamira muYoung People's Theatre muMoscow muna 1931, achienderera mberi muStanislavsky uye Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre makore matatu gare gare. Akatungamira kuMaliy Opera Theatre muLeningrad kubva 1938 kusvika 1942 uye Bolshoi Theatre muMoscow kubva muna 1943. Kuita kwake Shostakovich's Symphony No.1 kwakakwezva kutarisa kwemunyori uye kwakatungamira mukuumbwa kweshamwari yakasimba. Muna 1947, akapihwa menduru yaStalin. Mubvunzo: Kondrashin akashanda gore ripi muMoscow?
Muna 1943