Pavel Klinichev (Conductor)
Pavel Klinichev graduated from the Moscow State Conservatoire in 2000 (choral,
opera and symphony conducting). A year later, he became the Bolshoi staff
conductor. His repertoire includes many of the masterpieces of Western and
Russian opera and ballet. In 2002, Maestro Klinichev made his debut at the
Bolshoi as Music Director in Marice Jarre’s Notre dame de Paris
(choreography by Roland Petit) followed by Shostakovich’s The Golden
Age (2006), Adan’s Le Corsaire (2007), Pugni’s Esmeralda
(2009) and Le Jeune Homme et La Mort to Bach's Passacaglia
(2010). Maestro Klinichev was Music Director of number opera and ballet
productions in other Russian theatres: The Tsar’s Bride and Swan
Lake in Ekaterinburg; Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet in
Rostov-on-Don; I Pagliacci, Iolanta and Eugene Onegin in
Astrakhan. Maestro Klinichev appeared with the Bolshoi Opera, Ballet and
Orchestra at the most prestigious venues, including Teatro alla Scala, The
Metropolitan Opera, The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, The John F. Kennedy
Center for Performing Arts, Opera Garnier, Bunka Kaikan (Tokyo), The National
Centre for the Performing Arts (Beijing) and many others. Mr. Klinichev has
appeared with The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Orchestra, Santa Cecilia Conservatory Orchestra, Taipei Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestra of the West (California), St. Petersburg, Rostov-na-Donu and Saratov
Symphony Orchestras with different symphony programs. Maestro Klinichev’s
recordings include a CD with the Bolshoi Chamber Orchestra (Universal label) and
a DVD (Khachaturian’s Spartacus performed by The Bolshoi Ballet and
Orchestre Colonne) with DECCA label. He currently teaches symphony conducting
at the Moscow State Conservatory. Since Season 2010/2011 Maestro Kliniched
has served as Chief Conductor of the Ekaterinburg Opera Theatre
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