Vassily Sinaisky (Conductor)
“Sinaisky, who’s conducting is precise, sensuous
and who has a near perfect technique must have sharpened the senses of the
Gewandhaus. This orchestra rarely plays with such boundlessly generosity, with
such flexible dynamic range, with such voluptuous use of colour, so rich in
detail and with such a grasp of structure. A truly great Shostakovich – moving,
truthful and unsettling.”
Leipziger Volkszeitung
Vassily Sinaisky’s international career was launched
in 1973 when he won the Gold Medal at the prestigious Karajan Competition in
Berlin. His early work with Kirill Kondrashin at the Moscow Philharmonic and
with Ilya Musin at the Leningrad Conservatoire provided him with an incomparable
grounding. Soon after his success at the Karajan Competition, Sinaisky was
appointed Chief Conductor of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, a post he
held from 1976 to 1987. He then became Music Director and Principal Conductor of
the Moscow Philharmonic, leading numerous high-profile projects with the
Orchestra both in Russia and on tour around the world.
In 1996, Sinaisky was appointed Chief Guest Conductor
of the BBC Philharmonic, a post he holds to this day. Memorable projects with
the Orchestra have included the Shostakovich and his Heroes festival in
2006, tours to Europe and China, and annual appearances at the BBC Proms.
Sinaisky has also held the positions of Principal Guest Conductor of the
Netherlands Philharmonic and Music Director of the Russian State Orchestra.
In 2006 Sinaisky was announced as the new Principal
Conductor of the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Sweden, coinciding with an ambitious
new development plan for the orchestra. In recent seasons Sinaisky and the
Orchestra have toured to the UK and to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, while this
season’s projects include performances of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
with the Danish Radio Choir in Malmo and Copenhagen.
This season sees Sinaisky take on a further position
as Conductor in Residence at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, where he will conduct
a number of major new operatic productions and symphonic concerts. In December
Sinaisky conducts Mahler Symphony No.2 with the Orchestra and Chorus of the
Bolshoi Theatre in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire.
As a guest conductor, Sinaisky has worked with such
orchestras as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg,
Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Highlights of the
upcoming seasons include returns to the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Berlin
Radio Symphony, London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony,
Oslo Philharmonic, Russian National Orchestra and St Petersburg Philharmonic.
Sinaisky has a distinguished pedigree as an operatic
conductor. In addition to his projects at the Bolshoi Theatre, Sinaisky recently
conducted Boris Godunov at San Francisco Opera with Samuel Ramey. Other
projects have included productions of Carmen and Der Rosenkavalier
for English National Opera. Sinaisky’s conducting of a new production of
Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at the Komische Oper Berlin
received unanimous critical acclaim in the international press.
Sinaisky has a distinguished pedigree as an operatic
conductor. In addition to his projects at the Bolshoi Theatre, Sinaisky recently
conducted Boris Godunov at San Francisco Opera with Samuel Ramey. Other projects
have included productions of Carmen and Der Rosenkavalier for English National
Opera. Sinaisky’s conducting of a new production of Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth
of Mtsensk at the Komische Oper Berlin received unanimous critical acclaim in
the international press.
Vassily Sinaisky’s most recent recording project has
been a complete set of the symphonies of Franz Schmidt for Naxos with the Malmo
Symphony Orchestra. Sinaisky’s other recordings include many with the BBC
Philharmonic including works by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov,
Shchedrin, Glinka, Liadov,
Schreker and Szymanowski. Vassily Sinaisky is a noted
and influential teacher, and holds the position of Professor of Conducting at
the St Petersburg Conservatoire. Vassily Sinaisky is represented by Intermusica.
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