Education / Qualifications

 

St. Petersburg State Conservatoire  Symphonic & Operatic Conducting 1997- 2000 

Teachers: Ilya Musin  Leonid Korchmar

St. Hugh's College   Oxford University    M.A. Music   1989 - 1993

Organ Fellowship  St. Thomas' Church Fifth Avenue  New York 1992

Organ Scholarship St. Hugh's College Oxford 1989 - 1993

 

 

 

 

Opera Conducting Engagements

 

Welsh National Opera Assistant Conductor Turandot 2011  Béatrice & Bénédict 2012

Singapore Opera Die Zauberflöte July 2010

Anvil Arts Community Opera  Conductor Roundabout Basingstoke May 2010

Morely College Opera Guest Conductor 2008,2009,2010,2011

Bampton Classical Opera  Conductor Le Pescatrice July - September 2009

Grange Park Opera 'Rising Stars' Nevill Holt - Falstaff Guest Conductor

Pimlico Opera Falstaff UK Autumn Tour 2008 Guest Conductor   

English Touring Opera   A Midsummer Night's Dream   Assistant/Guest Conductor  2004

Jönköping Sinfonietta Operation Kärleken - Malborg-Ward   performances: March 2002

London City Opera   Carmen USA Tour 10 performances January - March 2001

British Youth Opera Il Barbiere di Siviglia  September 1999

European Chamber Opera   Die Zauberflöte   June 1996 

 

 

 

 

Ballet - Guest Conductor

 

Royal Danish Ballet January 2010 Giselle

 

National Theatre of Slovenia 2010 Giselle

 

Brimingham Royal Ballet Guest Conductor twice a year since 2008

Repertoire including: Swan Lake, Enigma, Still Life in Penguin Café, Beauty & the Beast, Serenada, Powder, E=MC2.

 

Royal Ballet Covent Garden Cover and Guest Conductor 2007-2009

Repertoire including: Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, A Month in the Country, L'après midi d'un Faun, New Works

 

English National Ballet  2006 - 8 

Repertoire including: Nutcracker, Alice in Wonderland, The Canterville Ghost

 

Rambert Dance Company November 2006

Repertoire including: Lady into Fox, Stand and Stare, Constant Speed

 

 

 

Opera & Music Theatre -   Music Staff

 

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 2005-

Repertoire including: Il Turco in Italia, La Bohème, Tosca, Faust

L'elisir d'amor , Don Carlo,  Lulu, Lohengrin, I Capuleti e I Montecchi

 

Welsh National Opera

Assistant Conductor Turandot  Summer 2011

 

Holland Park Opera Chorus Master 2006 - 2007

Repertoire including: La Traviata, Nabucco, Lakmé, L'amore di Re, Jenufa, Queen of Spades, Il Barbiere di Siviglia

 

Gothenburg Opera  Sweden 2002-2004 Assistant Conductor 2001-2 Chorus Master

Repertoire including: Aïda, Manon Lescaut, Dialogues de Carmélites, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Giovanni, Gustavo III (Un Ballo in Maschera), Tosca, La Cenerentola

 

Thursford Christmas Spectacular 2004-5 Assistant / Guest Conductor

 

 

 

Symphonic Conducting

 

Borås Symphony Orchestra Sweden  Artistic Director & Principal Conductor 2004- 2007    

Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra October 26th 2008 Brighton Dome   Guest Conductor

South Bank Sinfonia Guest Conductor 2008-

Chandos Symphony Orchestra Malvern October 2009

Russia: 1999 - 2002  Kaliningrad Chamber Orchestra   Novgorod String Orchestra  

Hermitage State Orchestra    St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra

 

 

Guest Chorus Master

 

Brighton Festival Chorus   2007-

London Bart's Choir 2006-

Chorus Master on Cruises to South America, Northern Norway, Russia