A pupil of Ilya Musin at The Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory, he is one of the most demanded Spanish conductors of his generation.

He has been Principal Associated conductor of The Hermitage Orchestra since 1998 and he his currently Artistic Director of The Festival “Spanish Evenings” in Saint Petersburg.

In 2003 he was chosen among candidates from the whole world by Valery Gergiev to conduct Festival in Rotterdam and take part in the Master Class and film about conducting,  “The Master and his pupil”.

Short after, he was invited to work at The Mariinsky Opera Theater, where he has made his debut conducting Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro”.

Currently he is working as a free lance guest conductor at the Theater as well as guest conducting orchestras like, orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater, St. Petersburg Symphony, St. Petersburg State Symphony, St. Petersburg Kapella, Prague Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony, Oulu Symphony, Tapiola Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, Hermitage Orchestra,   Danubia   Zenekar   from   Hungary,

National Symphony of Macedonia, Saint Cristophorus of Vilnius, Kaunas Symphony, Regionale del Lazio, among others, as well as the majority of Spanish Orchestras. Among the soloists he has worked with are Elisso Virsaladze, Eldar Nebolsin, Sergei Krilov, Vladimir Mishuk or Gabriel Suovannen.

He has conducted Operas like “Faust”  (Gounod), “The Marriage of Figaro” (Mozart), “Boris Godunov” (Mussorgsky), “Eugene Oneguin” (Tchaikovsky), “Falstaff” (Verdi), “Glaura y Cariolano” (Lidon), “La Scala di Seta” (Rossini), “L’Arbore di Diana” (Martin y Soler), ”Bastian und Bastienne” (Mozart).

His repertoire include also contemporary music, specially Spanish, having recorded works of important composers as well as the first recording of The Opera by Jose Lidon from 1792,  Glaura y Cariolano.

He is Principal conductor and Artistic Director of the Chamber Opera company "Opera Incognita of St.Petersburg", specialized in less known works of the repertory. Their first prèmiere, "The Letters from Van Gogh" by composer Grigori Frid, had a huge success at the Hermitage Theater.

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