Kondrashin wuxuu ku dhashay Moscow qoys muusikiisteyaal ah. Ka dib markii uu saacado badan ku qaatay tijaabada, wuxuu go'aan adag ka gaadhay da'da 14 si uu u noqdo agaasime. Wuxuu wax ku bartay Moscow Conservatory laga bilaabo 1931 ilaa 1936 agaasimaha Boris Khaykin. Kondrashin wuxuu ka bilaabay hoggaaminta Tiyaatarka Dhalinyarada ee Moscow sanadkii 1931, isagoo sii waday Stanislavsky iyo Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre saddex sano ka dib. Wuxuu hoggaaminayay Tiyaatarka Opera Maliy ee Leningrad laga bilaabo 1938 ilaa 1942 iyo Tiyaatarka Bolshoi ee Moscow laga bilaabo 1943.
Sanadkii 1943