Mikhail Tatarnikov’s contract extended to 2020
Mikhail Tatarnikov will continue his work in the position of Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Though his current contract is due to expire in December 2016, a new agreement for the maestro to keep his position beyond this time has already been signed.
Commenting on the news, Vladimir Kekhman, Artistic Director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre said, “Continuing my work alongside Mikhail Tatarnikov is of great importance to me. His contract will now run until 2020, as is the case for me in my position as Artistic Director. I greatly value what Mikhail does at the theatre, and am sincerely happy to see him building his career more and more in the West. He is a successful and much sought-after conductor around the world, and a fantastic ambassador for the Mikhailovsky Theatre and Russian culture as a whole with every foreign project and concert he participates in.”
Mikhail Tatarnikov also expressed his happiness with the development, saying “For me, as a musician, the most interesting part is only just beginning. The standard we have been able to reach with our creative ensembles, and especially the orchestra, means that we can stage excellent musical events. When this is combined with long term stability and the possibility of long-term planning, great ambitions can be set in motion. And, as I will always say, is it a great joy for me to be able to work in the city I come from.”
Tatarnikov has been Musical Director and Principal Conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre since January 2012. His leadership has seen a large number of opera and ballet premieres, forming the basis of the Mikhailovsky Theatre’s current repertoire. His opera résumé includes Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Britten’s Billy Budd, Mozart’s Don Juan (concert performance), Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Verdi’s Il trovatore and Rossini’s Il babiere di Siviglia (concert performance); ballets involving Tatarnikov have included Multiplicity. Forms of Silence and Emptiness, set to the music of Bach, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet.
