Alexei Bogorad
Alexey Bogorad graduated cum laude from the Moscow State Conservatoire in 2001 as a clarinet player and in 2009 as an opera and symphony conductor. In 2010, he received a fellowship by the American Academy of Conducting to study and perform at the Aspen Music Festival under the supervision of Robert Spano.
In 1997–2011, he was a principal clarinet player of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. In 2001–2012, he was a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra. He has cooperated with Evgeny Svetlanov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yury Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov, Paavo Berglund, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, and many other renowned conductors. In 2011–2012, he was an assistant to Vladimir Jurowski with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra. Since 2012, he has been a conductor with the Bolshoi Theatre. Alexey Bogorad performed as a guest conductor with the Russian National Orchestra, National Philharmonic of Russia, St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Academic Chamber Orchestra, Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras of the Perm Opera Theatre, Yakutsk Opera Theatre, the Mikhailovsky Theatre and the Mariinsky Theatre. Currently, he appears with the Svetlanov Orchestra, the symphony orchestras of Lithuania, Ukraine, Croatia, Norway, as well as with the opera theatres of Prague, Belgrade, and Naples. At the Bolshoi Theatre, he was the musical director of the following productions: Podgayz’s Moydodyr (world première, 2012), Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges (2013), Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2013), Auber’s Marco Spada (2013). He also contributed to staging of The Nutcracker in Japan (2011), Corsaire in Naples and L’Histoire du soldat in Moscow (2013). His répertoire also includes Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night and Tsar’s Bride, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Eugene Onegin, Queen of Spades, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker, Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Gounod’s Faust, Wagner’s Fliegende Holländer, Verdi’s La traviata and Rigoletto, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Tosca and La bohème, Berg’s Wozzeck, Adam’s Giselle, Glazunov’s Raymonda, Prokofiev’s Cinderella, Minkus’s Don Quixote and Bayadere, Jewels, and Løvenskiold’s La Sylphide. Alexey Bogorad has recorded a double CD of classical ballet music with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (Columbia Records label).
In 1997–2011, he was a principal clarinet player of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. In 2001–2012, he was a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra. He has cooperated with Evgeny Svetlanov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yury Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov, Paavo Berglund, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, and many other renowned conductors. In 2011–2012, he was an assistant to Vladimir Jurowski with the Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra. Since 2012, he has been a conductor with the Bolshoi Theatre. Alexey Bogorad performed as a guest conductor with the Russian National Orchestra, National Philharmonic of Russia, St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra, Russian State Academic Chamber Orchestra, Tatarstan Symphony Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras of the Perm Opera Theatre, Yakutsk Opera Theatre, the Mikhailovsky Theatre and the Mariinsky Theatre. Currently, he appears with the Svetlanov Orchestra, the symphony orchestras of Lithuania, Ukraine, Croatia, Norway, as well as with the opera theatres of Prague, Belgrade, and Naples. At the Bolshoi Theatre, he was the musical director of the following productions: Podgayz’s Moydodyr (world première, 2012), Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortileges (2013), Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (2013), Auber’s Marco Spada (2013). He also contributed to staging of The Nutcracker in Japan (2011), Corsaire in Naples and L’Histoire du soldat in Moscow (2013). His répertoire also includes Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila, Rimsky-Korsakov’s May Night and Tsar’s Bride, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta, Eugene Onegin, Queen of Spades, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker, Prokofiev’s Fiery Angel, Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Gounod’s Faust, Wagner’s Fliegende Holländer, Verdi’s La traviata and Rigoletto, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, Tosca and La bohème, Berg’s Wozzeck, Adam’s Giselle, Glazunov’s Raymonda, Prokofiev’s Cinderella, Minkus’s Don Quixote and Bayadere, Jewels, and Løvenskiold’s La Sylphide. Alexey Bogorad has recorded a double CD of classical ballet music with the Moscow Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (Columbia Records label).
- 1st Prize for the Lovro von Matacic International Conducting Competition (Zagreb, 2011)
- 2nd prize for the Stefan Turchak International Conducting Competition (Kiev, 2010)
