Ukrainian conductor, Honored Artist of Ukraine.
Biography.
Graduated from the Mykola Lysenko Lviv State Conservatory (1993).
In 1998, he won the first prize of the Second National S. Turchak Conducting Competition (Kyiv).
From 2000 to 2002 he headed the Serbian National Theater (Novi Sad).
In the 2002-2003 season, he was the Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Dnipro Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2004-2005 season, he was the chief conductor of the Crimean Philharmonic.
Since October 2007 - Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus, since 2019 - Chief Guest Conductor.
Since October 2019 - Chief Conductor of the Kyiv Municipal Opera.
Views
On the occupation of Crimea:
"...Crimea is not ours because we simply missed it. We missed it not when Putin's so-called little green men appeared, but much earlier, because for many years we did not pursue a pro-Ukrainian position. I believe that the annexation of Crimea also happened because we did not have a Ukrainian government, and we still do not have a Ukrainian government, even though it sounds strange. In fact, we had a pro-Russian, even Kremlin government."
On the situation in Belarus:
"In any case, Belarusians are now developing as a nation. This is the same thing that happened in our country in 2004. They have come to the realization that in order to defend their interests, they need to take to the streets and declare it. [...] To feel the situation in Belarus, you need to live there. When you come there for a short period of time, it seems that there is a fantastic preservation of the Soviet Union in a positive sense. But this is not the case. During this period, Lukashenka managed to completely destroy the intelligentsia, to stop communication in the Belarusian language, and to assure Belarusians that he was the only one and no one else. The majority does not always make the right choice. The majority does not always follow the right path. "
Awards
Winner of the National Theater Award of the Republic of Belarus.
Chevalier of the Order of Merit, III degree (Ukraine)
