Alexander Polianichko
(Conductors)
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Alexander Polianichko
(Conductors) Biography:
"...perhaps the most valuable of the international recruits to the production was the conductor, Alexander Polianichko, who drew sounds both delicate and passionate from the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra." Nicholas Tarling, Opera, December 2009Formerly a violinist in the Leningrad (St Petersburg) Philharmonic Orchestra under Evgeny Mravinsky, Alexander Polianichko studied conducting with the legendary Professor Ilya Musin at the St Petersburg Conservatoire. In 1988 he was awarded first prize in the Sixth All-Union Conductors' Competition and the following year joined the Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre where he still conducts on a regular basis. Alexander Polianichko has conducted the Mariinsky Opera and Ballet Theatre at the Edinburgh International Festival as well as in China, England, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan and the United States. In March 1994 he made his London debut conducting the English National Opera's production of Eugene Onegin, and later the same year conducted Puccini's La Bohème with the Norwegian Opera in Oslo. He returned to English National Opera in 1997 and 1998 to conduct Carmen and further performances of Eugene Onegin. In 1999 he made his debut with the Royal Ballet, Covent Garden and was immediately re-invited in the 2000/1 season. 1998 saw Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk for the Stuttgart Opera resulting in invitations to return to conduct Queen of Spades, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Tosca, Boris Godunov, Turandot and La Traviata. He also made a very successful debut at La Scala conducting performances of Khovanschina. In subsequent seasons he conducted at Deutsche Oper Berlin, Opéra National de Paris, Bolshoi Theatre, Royal Danish Opera, San Francisco Opera, Gothenburg Opera, Welsh National Opera and Royal Opera Covent Garden. In 2004 he made a very successful début with Opera de Lyon in Romeo et Juliette to which he was re-invited for the 2005/6 season. In 2005 he returned to Gothenburg Opera for a new production of Boris Godunov and made his debut with Opera Australia conducting Carmen. In 2006 he returned to Welsh National Opera for an extremely successful new production of Tchaikovsky Mazeppa, made his début with Opéra de Monte-Carlo in a production of Boris Godunov and returned to the Royal Danish Opera for The Makropoulos Case. In the 2007-08 season he conducted Eugene Onegin for Welsh National Opera, Rigoletto for Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos and Madame Butterfly for the Nationale Reisopera. He has recently conducted Pique Dame for Welsh National Opera, Manon Lescaut for Opera Australia, Eugene Onegin for New Zealand Opera and Tchaikowsky’s Cherevichki (The Tsarina’s slippers) for the Royal Opera Covent Garden. He returns to Gothenburg Opera and Welsh National Opera in the 11/12 season. Alexander Polianichko is a distinguished symphonic conductor and in January 2008 made his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to which he returned in 2009. He returns to the US for concert with the Colorado Symphony and Opera Colorado. In the UK he has conducted the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of Opera North, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Hallé and English Chamber Orchestra. He appeared at the 2005 Aldeburgh Festival with the Britten-Pears Orchestra. Elsewhere he has worked with the Calgary Philharmonic, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Bergen Philharmonic, Beethoven Academie of Antwerp, Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Irish Chamber, Norwegian Radio Symphony and St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestras of the Royal Danish Opera and Gothenburg Opera. He has toured Australia with Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane Symphony Orchestras and New Zealand with Wellington Symphony Orchestra. Alexander Polianichko has held the positions of Principal Conductor of the Minsk Chamber Orchestra and Bournemouth Sinfonietta. This biography is for website use only. For a full and updated biography please email info@ingpen.co.uk Contact Details: Territories: |
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