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He is Conductor Emeritus of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Honorary Conductor of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra and has previously held the positions of Principal Guest Conductor of the Netherlands Philharmonic, Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic and Music Director of the Russian State Orchestra. From 1996 until January 2012 Sinaisky was Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, with whom memorable projects have included the ‘Shostakovich and his Heroes’ festival, tours to Europe and China, and many appearances at the BBC Proms.
Sinaisky’s guest conducting has included the Czech Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw both in Amsterdam and at the Lucerne Festival, Seoul Philharmonic, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Cleveland, St Louis, Houston and Utah Symphony Orchestras amongst others. He has been a regular guest conductor of many of the UK’s major orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, BBC Scottish and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with whom he toured Europe in 2022 with venues including the Paris Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and Frankfurt Alte Oper.
During his tenure as Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Sinaisky's many critically acclaimed productions included The Golden Cockerel directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and the Moscow premiere of Der Rosenkavalier directed by Stephen Lawless. Elsewhere, Sinaisky has conducted Iolanta and Francesca da Rimini in new productions by Stephen Lawless at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien, Boris Godunov at San Francisco Opera, Carmen and Rosenkavalier for English National Opera, and productions of Fiery Angel and Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District with Hans Neuenfels at the Komische Oper Berlin.
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