Collective

Evgeniy Khokhlov
Conductor

Earned honors degrees in the following fields from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory named after N.N. Rimsky-Korsakov: «choral conducting» (taught by professor E.P. Kudryavtseva, a People's Artist of Russia); «opera and symphony conducting» (taught by D.D. Khokhlov, a People's Artist of Russia). He completed an internship at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Professor P. Gülke. Participated in master classes of Roman Kofman (Germany 2008), Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi and Leonid Green (Estonia 2009).

He has served as the Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre's principal conductor since 2017. He conducted the Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre from 2011 to 2016. He staged more than ten opera and ballet productions during the time at the theater. Since 2006 – conductor of the State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V.V.Andreev. From 2003 to the present - guest conductor of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus. He toured with the group in the best halls of Italy, Spain and Portugal as part of the 2014 tour. From 2007 to 2011 – conductor of the Saint Petersburg Opera Theatre

Laureate of the Seventh International L. Mancinelli Opera Conductors Competition in Italy (1st Prize and Special Prize, 2016).

In 2016 he conducted the premiere of the opera by G.Puccini «La Boheme» at the Theatre L. Mancinelli (Orvieto, Italy), made his German debut at the Gerhart Hauptmann-Theater, where he conducted Donizetti's opera L'elisir d'amore. He performed with soloists from the Mikhailovsky and Mariinsky Theatres to perform at Mexico City's Metropolitan Theatre in 2015 as part of a Mexican tour. In 2014 he made his debut in Italy, where he conducted the opera by G.Verdi «Un ballo in Masquerade».

Conducted orchestras: Academic Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Neue Lausitzer Philharmonie, Germany; Orchestra «Spazio musica» in Italy, Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Ankara, «Salzburg Chamber Soloists» in Salzburg; «Volga Philharmonic Orchestra «National Youth Symphony Orchestra and Youth Chamber Orchestra of Estonia; «Beethoven Orchestra» («Beethoven Orchester Bonn») in Bonn and others.

State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V. V. Andreev

The State Academic Russian Orchestra named after V. V. Andreev is the first professional group in world history in which national instruments were united according to the principle of a symphony orchestra. The idea belongs to its founder, the outstanding Russian musician, composer and public figure Vasily Vasilyevich Andreev. Since its first concert performance on March 20, 1888, the Andreevsky Orchestra has been the pride and glory of Russian art and the pearl of world musical culture.