Gavriel Heine

The first American in history to graduate from the Moscow Conservatoire, Heine was one of Ilya Musin’s last pupils at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and follows a long line of conductors who were deeply influenced by the legendary professor. In 2007, Valery Gergiev invited Heine to make his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre, resulting in his appointment to the conducting roster. He has since led nearly four hundred performances of opera, ballet and symphonic works with the company, where his repertoire includes the operas Le nozze di Figaro, Die Zauberflöte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Macbeth, La Bohème, Tosca, Il trittico, Pelléas et Mélisande, Jenůfa, L’Heure espagnole / Gianni Schicchi, Bluebeard’s Castle, The Turn of the Screw, Pagliacci and La forza del destino in addition to special versions of The Tale of Tsar Saltan, The Love for Three Oranges and Wagner’s Ring cycle. His ballet repertoire includes The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Sylvia, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Firebird, Le Sacre du printemps, Apollo, Le Spectre de la rose, The Dying Swan, «Paquita» Grand Pas, Jewels, Bambi / In the Jungle, Chopiniana, Le Carnaval, Schéhérazade, Cinderella and Raymonda. Premieres conducted at the Mariinsky Theatre include Robert Carsen’s production of My Fair Lady (co-production with the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris), and Delibes / Ashton’s Sylvia.