Laureates and Participants

Born in 1996 in Minsk. Graduated from the faculty of choral conducting at the gymnasium-college at the Belarusian State Academy of Music (class of Prof. L. Shimanovich).
Since 2015, he studied at the Moscow State Conservatory at the department of Choral Conducting (class of Prof. S. Kalinin), vocal department (class of Prof. A. Martynov). He studied composition under the guidance of Prof. V. Kikta. At the end of his fourth year of studies, he transferred to the department of Opera and Symphony Conducting (class of V. Valeev), which he graduated with honors in 2021. Again since 2021, he has been a trainee assistant at the Moscow Conservatory and a conductor of the Opera Theater of the Moscow Conservatory. During his studies, he was an assistant in a number of opera productions: Puccini`s La bohème, Verdi`s La Traviata, and Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. In 2021, he became the conductor of the opera Aleko by Rachmaninoff.
He performed with the Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, with the orchestra of students of the Moscow Conservatory under Denis Matsuev’s subscriptions to the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Born in 1983. Graduated from the Ukraine National P. Tchaikovsky Academy of Music, then completed an assistantship-internship at the Rostov State Rachmaninoff Conservatory. Participated in the International Conducting Master Class of professor Y. Simonov (Moscow, 2013). Laureate of the National festival-competition of conductors Musical Tavria (2009).
He was a professor at the R. Glier Kyiv Institute of Music, was the chief conductor of the symphony and chamber orchestras (2012 - 2015).
Conductor of the S. Prokofiev Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Donetsk Philharmonic (from 2015 to 2019 — chief conductor). Since 2018, he has been the chief conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Donetsk State S. Prokofiev Musical Academy. His repertoire includes symphonies and instrumental concertos by Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Glazunov, Kalinnikov, Shchedrin and others.

German conductor, composer, and pianist of Russian origin. Laureate of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition (2016). Recent engagements include debuts with the South Netherlands Philharmonic, the Szczecin Philharmonic, the Janáček Philharmonic — Ostrava, the Verbier Festival Junior Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestras of Ulster, Oulu and Nuremberg.
With the Bamberg Symphony he recorded works by D. Shostakovich for the Bavarian Radio.
In 2018, he made his debut in the USA with the Jacksonville Sym- phony. As part of a master-class conducted by Daniele Gatti he ap- peared with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam. His mentors include Neeme Järvi, Vladimir Jurowski, Yannick Nézet- Séguin, Jorma Panula, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Sir Simon Rattle and David Zinman.
In 2019, he made his debut at the Národní Divadlo theatre in Prague appearing as the music director and conductor of a new production of Rodion Shchedrin’s opera Lolita.
Composer of the opera Tintagiles after the play by Maurice Maeter- linck, staged at Moscow’s Helikon-Opera, and the opera Phaedra to a libretto by Alexey Parin.

A graduate of King’s College London. As a student, he was the artistic director of the College’s Musical Theatre. He conducted the production of West Side Story and was as well the artistic director of Kings College Chorus and Kings Opera.
He completed an internship as an assistant conductor at the Vienna Opera Academy.
In 2016, he entered the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in specialty Opera and Symphonic Conducting to study under G. Rozhdestvensky and V. Valeev.
In 2017, he founded the Strand Chamber Orchestra, with which he performs in the UK.
Collaborated with the Tatarstan State Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Sinfonia Ensemble, Moscow State Symphony Orchestra, Yaroslavl Governor Symphony Orchestra, etc.
In 2019, he was invited to the project CoOPERAtion as a conductor- director.
Since December 2021 — member of the trainee group of conductors of the State Chamber Orchestra Moscow Virtuosi.

Born in 1992 in Yekaterinburg. Graduated from the Ural State Mussorgsky Conservatory (class of Prof. V. Kartashov), then completed an assistant traineeship at the Ippolitov-Ivanov State Musical and Pedagogical Institute (class of Prof. Y. Simonov, 2021). Participated in the All-Russian master course for young conductors of Y. Simonov, master classes of N. Pasquet, F. Korobov, F. Mastrangelo. Laureate of the III All-Russian Music Competition in the category Opera and Symphony Conducting (2019). Winner of the M. Paverman scholarship (2015), scholarship holder of the New Names Foundation (2007).
Since 2019, he has been an assistant conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, in 2020 he made debut with this orchestra.
He has performed with the symphony orchestras of the Mariinsky Theatre, the North Caucasian Philharmonic, Tula, Yaroslavl, Bryansk orchestras. He participates in concert programs of the St. Petersburg House of Music, performs with such soloists as B. Andrianov, M. Kultyshev, A. Pritchin, A. Ramm, Y. Favorin.

Born in Dandong (China) in 1990, he learned to play saxophone, trombone and piano. He began to study conducting in China, and since 2018 he has continued his studies in Germany at the University of Music of Würzburg.
Among his mentors: N. Järvi, J.-P. Saraste, E.-P. Salonen, S. Oramo, J. Panula, C. Măcelaru, B. Zander, Y. Wing-sie, and Ch. Poppen. Participant of the program for young conductors and fellow of the Jukka-Pekka Saraste Lead Foundation since 2020. Finalist of the KSO (Korean Symphony Orchestra) International Conducting Competition and the Artur Nikisch International Conducting Competition. A prize winner of the National Scholarship of China. Assistant to A. Rasilainen at the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra (2019-2021). Assistant Conductor at the Mozart Festival in Würzburg (2021).
Conducted many professional orchestras, including the State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish Chamber Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

Born in Kyiv in 1981. Studied at the M. Glinka Choir School. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory, majoring in choral (class of V. Borisov) and opera and symphony conducting (class of Prof. V. Chernushenko), then completed an assistant traineeship. He was a conductor at the Conservatory Theater (2004–2007).
Since 2002 he has been the choirmaster of the St. Petersburg Academic Chapel, toured with the ensemble in the USA and Europe. In 2007, he won the competition for the position of artistic director and chief conductor of the Far Eastern Academic Symphony Orchestra (Khabarovsk). From 2012 to 2018 — conductor of the orchestra and choir of St. Petersburg Chapel.
Artistic director and chief conductor of the Ulyanovsk State Academic Symphony Orchestra (2018-2021), the Vyatka Symphony Orchestra (since 2021).
Works with the largest orchestras in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, etc. Has performed with such soloists as D. Hvorostovsky, D. Matsuev, B. Berezovsky, N. Lugansky, Y. Bashmet.

Born in Singapore. He studied conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Leonid Korchmar. He was selected by Riccardo Muti to work with him at the Spring Festival in Tokyo (2019-2021). Chiya won the first prize at the 2nd St. Petersburg Open International Conducting Competition, and was a prize winner at the 2019 Ilya Musin International Competition for Young Conductors.
Worked with the Perm Opera and Ballet Theater, RNO-Alania Opera and Ballet Theatre, the St. Petersburg Music Hall, the Buryat Opera and Ballet Theater, the Malmo Opera, the Tokyo Nomori Opera, the St. Petersburg Capella Symphony Orchestra, the Mariinsky Theatre Branch in Vladikavkaz, Tolyatti Symphony Orchestra, Tomsk Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, and the Tokyo-Harusai Orchestra.
Participated in the International Musical Olympus Festival, Estivals de Musique en Medoc, Opera Festival, Lkhasaran Linkhovoin Opera Festival in Ulan-Ude and the Singapore International Music Festival. Since 2022 he is the Conductor and Music Advisor of the Hirodai Symphony Orchestra (Hiroshima University).

Born in 1989 in Germany. He graduated from the Milan Conservatory, mastered opera conducting under the guidance of C. Franchi, completed his postgraduate studies in Kiev. Participated in master- classes by A. Vlasenko, M. Jurowski, R. Frizzi, D. Renzetti, M. Arena, J. Panula, L. Shambadal.
As an opera conductor, he made his debut with La Traviata at Kurtheater Bad Ems in 2013. He conducted Don Juan at the Ekhof-Theater Gotha (Germany), performances in Italy, Kiev. In 2018, he headed the Rossini and Schubert Opera Festival as part of the Cultural Summer in Rhineland-Pfalz. Actively cooperates with the Opera Classica Europa program and its Academy. He has given concerts in the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Hungary. Pays attention to the authentic performance.
Collaborates with R. Minasi, O. Caetani, R. Alessandrini and M. Jurovski. As assistant he worked at the Teatro Verdi (Trieste), the Mariinsky Theatre (St. Petersburg) and the Salzburger Festspiele. He teaches at the Opera Classica Europa program for young artists in Wiesbaden and at the Academy Bellini in Milan.

Born in 1998. Graduated from the Glinka Choir School (St. Petersburg). During his studies, he performed as a soloist (alto) at the Mariinsky Theatre Chorus, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia (Spain), Festspielhausin Baden-Baden (Germany) under the direction of such conductors as V. Gergiev, O. M. Velber, P. Smelkov.
He studied at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory as a choir conductor (class of Prof. S. Legkov), continues his studies at the Department of Opera and Symphony Conducting (class of Prof. A. Titov). Participated in master classes by V. Fedoseyev, Y. Simonov, T. Currentzis and others.
Conducted the orchestra and choir of the All-Russian Youth Festival of Classical Music Musica Integral (St. Petersburg, 2020). As a guest conductor, he works with the symphony orchestras of the Volgograd and Ulyanovsk Philharmonics.
In 2021, following the results of an open competition, he was appointed to the position of conductor and assistant to the chief conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Choir of the Tchaikovsky Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Born in Moscow. He began studies on the violin with his father Ashot Tigranyan, then studied as a violinist at the Central Music School at the Moscow Conservatory, at the Peabody Conservatory, the Marseille Conservatory, and the Karlsruhe Higher School of Music. He majored in conducting at the Freiburg University of Music, at the Moscow Conservatory (2011–2016, class of V. Ponkin). Participated in master classes of G. Rozhdestvensky, N. Järvi, P. Järvi, J. Panula, K. Metters.
Has conducted the Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Berlin, the Symphony Orchestras of West Saxony, the Royal Academy of Music (London), the Sinfonia Varsovia and the Sinfonietta Cracovia, the Russian National Orchestra, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra of the Baltic Sea, etc.
In 2017–2018, he was Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Palermo Classica Festival. Participated in tours of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov” in South Korea (season 2018–2019). Assisted K. Järvi in his work with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic Orchestra, the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra. Participated in the Pärnu Music Festival.

He graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in China and University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna as a pianist and conductor. He studied conducting under the guidance of M. Stringer, J. Wildner, F. Luisi, M. Tang, T. Lihua. Attended master-classes by Z. Mehta, sir S. Rattle, D. Harding, S. Young, S. Bychkov and P. Boulez. Worked together with major symphony orchestras of China including China National Symphony Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestras of Guangzhou, Suzhou, as well as with Vienna ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Munich Philharmonic and others. Performed in Wiener Musikverein many times as conductor and pianist.
His repertoire as an opera conductor includes La Traviata, Turandot, The Turn of the Screw, Der Fliegende Holländer. Dan Zhou conducted the world premieres of Chinese ethnic operas, participated in the world premiere of T. Dun`s Buddha Passion, Water Passion and Symphonic Rock. Chief Conductor of the China National Opera and Dance Drama Theatre.

Born in St. Petersburg in 1982. Graduated from the Glinka Choir College, then from St. Petersburg Conservatory in choral and opera-symphonic conducting specialties under Prof. V. Chernushenko. For several years he attended classes of Prof. R. Martynov, participated in master-classes by A. Katz, R. Capasso (Italy), J. Panula (Finland), V. Yampolsky (USA), V. Fedoseyev, N. and P. Järvi (Estonia), as well as in I. Musin master-class.
He worked as a conductor at the Federal Philharmonic society of Caucasian Mineral Waters region, St. Petersburg State Capella, Mikhailovsky Theatre. Collaborated with Volgograd Academic Symphony Orchestra. In 2011-2016 he directed the Tambov Symphony Orchestra, annually participated in the Rachmaninoff Festival in Tambov and Ivanovka village. Winner of the Rachmaninoff Award. Artistic Director of the Surgut Symphony Orchestra (since 2019), conductor of the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra since 2021.

Born in 1993 in Mantua. He studied piano at the Conservatorio di Musica Lucio Campiani in Mantua, as well as at The Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg — piano class of Wolfgang Manz, chamber music class of Dirk Mommertz. He continued his studies in Milan: from 2016 to 2018, he studied composition at the Paolo Cogiola composition course at the Civica Scuola di Musica Claudio Abbado. As an orchestra conductor, he received his professional education at the Italian Conducting Academy under the guidance of Gilberto Serembe, a famous Italian con- ductor and teacher. Participated in master-classes of Massimiliano Caldi in Florence (2016), studied at the University of South Carolina under the guidance of professors Donald Portnoy and Paul Vermel (USA, 2018). In 2019 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he worked with maestro Fabio Mastrangelo at the St. Petersburg Music Hall. In 2021, he took part in the X St. Petersburg International All Together Opera Festival. Since March 2022 — conductor of the Samara Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.

Born in 1987 in Leningrad. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in choral (class of Prof. V. Nesterov) and symphony conducting (class of Prof. Y. Simonov). Participated in master classes of R. Muti, V. Sinaisky, Y. Temirkanov, B. Weil.
Laureate of the III All-Russian Musin Open Competition for young conductors in Kostroma (2013) and the II All-Russian Music Competition in Moscow.
Conducted the following operas The Marriage of Figaro, Eugene Onegin, Iolanta at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the St. Petersburg Conservatory. Since 2015 — assistant conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 2018, he began collaborating with the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra. Performs with the following symphony orchestras: Rostov Academic Orchestra, Krasnoyarsk Academic Orchestra, Ural Youth Orchestra, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Orchestra; with leading Russian soloists: D. Matsuev, B. Berezovsky, S. Kiprskaya, E. Mechetina and others.
Worked with V. Gergiev, M. Yurovsky, D. Gatti, C. Duthoit.

Was born in 1986 in Slovenia. As a pianist, he studied at the Music Academy in Ljubljani (class of Prof. Tatjana Ognjanović) and the F. Liszt Music Academy in Budapest (Prof. L. Baranyai). He studied conducting at the Katarina Gurska Academy in Madrid Maestro G. Pehlivanyan (2017-2019). L. Shambadal, C. Soler, C.Viana, B. Quintas, A. Tamayo, M. Rodrigo, T. Redmond, M. Wensberg, J. Malaxetxebarr, M. Tsaplia were also among his mentors.
He has performed with the Slovenian Philharmony, Katarina Gurska academy, Sibelius academy orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Malaga Philharmonic orchestra, Amadeo Orchestra, Berlin Sinfonietta and others. He recorded a number of CDs together with Slovenian Philharmony, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and Amadeo Orchestra.
The conductor’s repertoire includes Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, symphonies by Beethoven, Mahler, Brahms, Sibelius, works by Stravinsky, Berg, etc.

Was born in 1993 in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (violin class of Prof. E. Grach), the Gnesins Russian Academy of Music (class of opera and symphony conducting of A. Rein).
Laureate of the International Tlendiev Conducting Competition in Astana (2017), the 3rd All-Russian Music Competition for the Conductors in the nomination Opera and Symphony Conducting (2019). Fellow of the V. Spivakov Foundation and the M. Rostropovich Foundation.
Since 2018 — Assistant to Y. Simonov, the chief conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.
He presented the world premiere of K. Arsamikova’s opera The Crime and Punishment at the International Diaghilev Festival (Perm, 2018). Participated in master-classes of V. Ponkin, V. Polyansky, T. Currentzis. He assisted such conductors as L. Slatkin, A. Lazarev, D. Gatti. He has performed with the symphony orchestras of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia “Evgeny Svetlanov”.

Born in 1986 in Yaroslavl. Graduated from the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music as an opera and symphony conductor (class of A. Solovyov).
From 2014 to 2018 — Conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan (artistic director and chief conductor A. Sladkovsky) and the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan. With the latter he toured in Prague, Florence, Dresden, Paris, Berlin. Since 2019 — conductor of the Krasnoyarsk Academic Symphony Orchestra (artistic director and chief conductor V. Lande).
Performed at the IV S. Gubaidulina International Festival CONCORDIA, at the 57th festival In the Motherland of P. Tchaikovsky in Udmurtia, opened the VII International Festival Parade of Stars at the Opera dedicated to G. Vishnevskaya at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre with soloists of the G. Vishnevskaya Opera Center. Collaborates with well-known Russian and foreign musicians: B. An- drianov, F. Kopachevsky, S. Dogadin, N. Borisoglebsky, A. Gugnin, An Tian Xu, N. McCarthy, Ch. Kitagawa.

Born in 1984 in Magnitogorsk. Graduated from the Tambov State Rachmaninoff Musical and Pedagogical Institute, majoring in balalaika (class of Prof. A. Gorbachev) and in conducting (class of Prof. A. Artemiev). Since 2013 has been teaching in this Institute. Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the S. Rachmaninoff Academic Symphony Orchestra (since 2021), chief conductor of the Lipetsk State Russian Folk Orchestra.
Laureate of the I All-Russian Music Competition of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in the nomination Conducting an Orchestra of Folk Instruments (2013). Has performed with the Osipov State Russian Folk Orchestra, the Philharmonic Folk Orchestras of Cherepovets, Nizhny Novgorod, Yakutsk; Lipetsk Symphony Orchestra, etc. Collaborates with the Gnesin Opera Theater of the Russian Academy of Music, in the repertoire: The Barber of Seville, Eugene Onegin, The Queen of Spades, La Boheme.
Conducted premieres of works by A. Tchaikovsky, E. Podgayets, M. Bronner, N. Hondo and others.

Born in 1982 in Leningrad. Graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in opera and symphony conducting (class of V. Altshuler). Laureate of international competitions for conductors: N. Tlendiev Competition (2019) and V. Khalilov Competition (2021).
Guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor of the bal- lets Pulcinella (2018), Jeu de cartes, (2019), Furious Dances (2020). A. Shuplyakov’s regular repertoire includes more than 30 ballet per- formances of the Mariinsky Theatre, as well as several operas, including The Nose, Mavra and Renard. With the ballet troupe of the Mariinsky Theater he made video recordings of the ballets Don Quixote (Mezzo channel) and Shurale. Conducts graduation performances of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre. Conductor of the final round of the International Tchaikovsky Com- petition (2019) in the Brass Instruments nomination. Since 2016 — Conductor of the Mariinsky Stage Wind Band. Initiator of the creation of the Mariinsky Wind Ensemble (2017).

Born in 1986 in China. He graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin. Participated in master-classes by D. Barenboim, G. Rozhdestvensky, N. Järvi, T. Sokhiev, P. Eötvös.
Laureate of the V International Conducting Competition Jeunesses Musicales in Bucharest. Winner of the Prize of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Audience Prize of the IV Evgeny Svetlanov International Conducting Competition in Paris. Finalist of the 56th International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors.
In the season 2022/23, he is to make his debut at the Royal Opera in Copenhagen; guest conductor of the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic in Parma, the Romanian Radio National Orchestra and orchestras of China.
He has conducted a number of orchestras: the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester, the Moscow Philharmonic, the Konzerthaus Berlin, the German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. He collaborates with the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing, in 2018 he was the assistant conductor on the production of Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Covent Garden and the Sydney Opera House co-production). He also assisted C. Eschenbach, C. Dutoit, Long Yu and Lü Jia.

Born in 1995 in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory under Prof. V. Polyansky (opera and symphony conducting), under Y. Abdokov (composition). Participant of master-classes by Y. Temirkanov, V. Petrenko and others.
Since 2015, he has been working at the State Symphony Capella of Russia. Since 2020 — conductor of the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he made his debut as an opera conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre in Don Giovanni. Since 2021 — Assistant at the Department of Opera and Symphonic Conducting of the Moscow Conservatory. Founder, artistic director and conductor of the Academy of Russian Music.
Laureate of the International Boris Tchaikovsky Prize (2019), Grand Prix of the I International Festival of Contemporary Art Magnum Opus (2021), the Pure Sound International Award for the best audio recording of Russian academic music (2021), award of the Foundation Creating the Future, a scholarship of the artistic director of the Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra — A. Sladkovsky (2019).

Studied at the Conservatoire de Tours (France), received a bachelor’s degree as a musicologist, and continued his studies in Paris. He mastered orchestral conducting at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg under the guidance of Professor Scott Sandmeier.
Together with this, he worked as a tutor at the Theatre Freiburg, Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile and Opéra de Tours. He completed his conducting studies at the UdK Berlin with Steven Sloane and Harry Curtis.
He has collaborated with such orchestras as the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, the Brandenburg State Orchestra of Frankfurt an der Oder, the Potsdam Chamber Academy Orchestra, the Bochum Symphony Orchestra. He performed at the Berlin Komische Oper and the Magdeburg Theatre.

Born in 1992 in St. Petersburg. After graduating from the Glinka Choir School, he studied at the St. Petersburg Conservatory as a choral (class of Prof. T. Khitrova) and opera and symphony conductor (class of Prof. A. Polishchuk). Participated in master classes of V. Sinaisky, D. Wilson, V. Fedoseyev.
Laureate of International Competitions: Musin Competition for young conductors in Kostroma (2019), III Open St. Petersburg Competition of Conducting Arts (2019). Has performed with the orchestras of the St. Petersburg Academic Choir, the Kostroma Philharmonic, the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, and others.
Collaborated with the Mikhailovsky Theatre (2017-2019), where he conducted operas and ballets. Since 2019, he has been an intern at the Studio for Young Conductors of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, he made his debut with the premiere of the opera There and Back Again at the Helikon-opera Theatre, and since the 2020/21 season he has been working as a conductor there. His repertoire includes Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, Requiem, Carmen, Turandot, and others.

Gurgen Petrosyan was born in Nalchik in 1991. In 2015 he graduated from the Saratov Conservatory as a choral conductor (Prof. N. Vladimirtseva) and in 2017, as a symphony orchestra conductor (Prof. S. Nesterov). He has participated in master-classes held by D. Fisher and Y. Simonov.
1st prize winner at the Krasnoyarsk International Choral Conductors Competition (2015), Diploma-recipient of the Tlendiev International Competition of Symphony Conductors (2017).
From 2016 to 2018 he conducted the Volga Region Chamber Orchestra.
Since 2018 has been an assistant conductor, since 2021 — conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre. His repertoire includes Falstaff, The Tsar’s Bride, La fanciulla del West, Betrothal in a Monastery, Cavalleria rusticana, Christmas Eve, The Maid of Orleans, The Nutcracker and concert programs.
He has also performed with Armenian State Orchestra, State Symphony Orchestra Novaya Rossiya, Astana State Academic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra.