Career

He has been director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Karel Autonomous Republic, and Principal Conductor of the Maly Academic Opera House in Leningrad. Since 1977 he has been Chief Conductor and Artistic director of the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Saint St. Petersburg Philharmonia. He has toured many countries worldwide performing a wide range of musical periods and styles.

In 2005, he was awarded the for Merit in the field of Culture and Art by Vladimir Putin.