Mikhail Tatarnikov

Conductor

Graduated from St. Petersburg State Conservatoire n.a. Rimsky-Korsakov, class of symphonic and opera conducting. In 2006 debuted in the Mariinsky Theatre with «Metaphysics» ballet with music of 2nd symphony by Prokofiev; a year after that he staged «The Love for Three Oranges» opera by Prokofiev. Among his other works on the stage of the Mariinsky Theatre – «The Flying Dutchman» and «Tristan and Isolda» by Wagner, «The Magic Flute» and «The Marriage of Figaro» by Mozart, «The Maid of Pskov» and «Sadko» by Rimsky-Korsakov, «Attila» by Verdi. Worked as Valery Gergiev's assistant at the performance of Wagner's «Der Ring des Nibelungen» tertalogy in the Metropolitan Opera.

Mikhail conducted in numerous foreign theatres, such as La Scala, Opera Bordeaux, Bavarian State Opera, Komische Oper Berlin, Bergen National Opera, Austrian Theater An der Vien, Polish National Opera, Riga Opera, Bruxelles La Monnaie Theatre. Worked with orchestras of Turin, Jena, Tokyo, Oslo, Dresden, Rotterdam, Gavle, Stresa, St. Petersburg and Novosibirsk.

Since 2012 - musical director and principal conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Under musical direction of Mikhail Tatarnikov the Theatre has presented such premieres as «Eugene Onegine» by Tchaikovsky, «Billy Budd» by Britten, «The Tsar's Bride» by Rimsky-Korsakov, «Manon Lescaut» by Puccini, «Il Trovatore» by Verdi, «Romeo and Juliet» by Prokofiev and «Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness» with music by Bach, symphonic concerts and semi-stage opera performances: «Don Juan» by Mozart, «Manon Lescaut» by Puccini, «Il barbiere di Seviglia» by Rossini.

In 2013 Mikhail was honoured with a «Golden Spotlight» special award in St. Petersburg «For artistic expression of conductor's solutions».