State academic symphony orchestra
"Evgeny Svetlanov"

The State Academic Symphony Orchestra “Evgeny Svetlanov” is one of the oldest ensembles in Russia. Over the years, the Orchestra has been led by Alexander Gauk, Natan Rakhlin, Konstantin Ivanov and Evgeny Svetlanov, to name a few. On October 24, 2011, world-renowned conductor Vladimir Jurowski was appointed Artistic Director of the Orchestra. Vasily Petrenko is a Principal Guest Conductor. The orchestra has performed at the most prestigious venues around the world.

Yuriy
Tkachenko

Graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, Yury Tkachenko was the assistant conductor of Vladimir Fedoseyev in the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, chief conductor and artistic director of the Rostov Symphony Orchestra. He is the Principal Guest Conductor of the Russian Symphony Orchestra of the Tchaikovsky Foundation; in 2004–2015 — the Principal Conductor of the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (also a jury member in 2015). Yury Tkachenko performs as a guest conductor with well-known orchestras in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Belgium, South Korea and other countries. Yury Tkachenko has performed in the largest concert halls of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Astana, Tokyo, Seoul, Madrid, Barcelona, Warsaw and other cultural centers of the world; participated in festivals in Poland, Belgium, Croatia, Japan, in the Third Festival of the World Orchestras in Moscow. Collaborated with famous soloists, including Denis Matsuev, Viktor Tretyakov, Maxim Fedotov, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Ekaterina Mechetina, Lilia Zilberstein, Pavel Milyukov, Nikita Borisoglebsky, Sergey Krylov, Alexander Ramm, Graf Murzha, Sergey Tarasov, Boris Andrianov, Tatyana Vasilyeva, Alexander Buzlov, Sergey Antonov, Dmitry Illarionov, Igor Butman, Arkady Shilkloper and many others.

Alexander
Sladkovsky

Alexander Sladkovsky is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He has worked as Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Capella. In 2005, Sladkovsky was invited to join Mariss Jansons as Assistant Conductor for the Carmen production, and in 2006 to join Mstislav Rostropovich for The Unknown Mussorgsky programme. Sladkovsky has been Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Tatarstan National Symphony since 2010.