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Mikhail Sinkevich
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General | | Biography: | Deputy artistic director of
Mariinsky opera since 2000
Conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre
Born in Moscow in 1969, Mikhail Sinkevich graduated from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1990 (choral conducting faculty) and in 1994 (opera/symphony conducting faculty, class of Prof. I. Musin).
From 1992 - 1994 he conducted at the St. Petersburg State Children’s Music Theatre, Zazerkalye and at the State Music Theatre of the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory.
From 1994 v 2000 he was conductor of the National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of White Russia and, among others, he conducted works by Mozart (Die Zauberflöte, Le Nozze di Figaro), Rossini (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Verdi (La Traviata, Aida), Puccini (Madame Butterfly), Rimsky Korsakov (The Tsar´s Bride, Mozart and Salieri), Borodin (Prince Igor).
In addition to his activities as an opera conductor, he also conducted ballet works such as Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” and Stravinsky’s “Firebird.” With the ensemble he toured to the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.
In 1997 he was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the State Music Theatre of Belarus (White Russia), where he conducted the main repertoire of the theatre (both opera and ballet) - a post he held until 2000. He conducted the company on various tours to Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. During the same period he also conducted numerous concerts at the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Belarus and toured with the orchestra to Switzerland and Germany.
On the invitation of Maestro Valery Gergiev, he joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2000. Since then he has conducted in Mariinsky operas by Tchaikovsky (The Queen of Spades), Rimsky-Korsakov (Sadko), Borodin (Prince Igor), Glinka (Ruslan and Ludmila, Life for the Tsar), Shostakovich (Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk) Mozart (Le Nozze di Figaro), Donizetti (Lucia di Lammermoor), Verdi (Un ballo in maschera, Macbeth, La forza del destino, Don Carlo, Aida), Puccini (Madame Butterfly, Turandot),Wagner (Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Die Fliegende Hollander), Strauss (Salome) and various concerts with Symphony Orchestra of Mariinsky and with the leading soloists of the theatre as well.
He conducts also a huge modern and classical ballet repertoire such as Swan Lake, Nutcracker, La Bayaderre, Don Quixote, Giselle, Prodigal Son, Jewels, Ballet Imperial and Ravel La Valse (Balanchin) etc.
With Mariinsky he toured many times. In 2002 (ballet) and 2003 (Macbeth by Verdi) he conducted in Metropolitan opera NY.
In the summer of 2001, Mikhail Sinkevich took part in the Salzburg Festival, as musical assistant to Valery Gergiev in Peter Mussbach´s production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre.
In October 2001 he gave his debut at the Melbourne Festival, conducting a performance of Strauss´ Salome (directed by David Freeman, production of the Mariinsky Theatre). In 2003 and 2005 he conducted ballets in Covent Garden London.
From 2003 he is a principal guest conductor of Hermitage academy of Music (symphony orchestra) where he realized various projects from baroque operas till symphony music of 20th century.
He conducts symphonies by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Berlioz, pieces of Wagner, R. Strauss, Schoenberg, Faure etc.
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