Orchestra
The Orchestra of Helikon-opera is a team of more than 100 highly proficient musicians that was formed many years ago. The defining role in its formation was played by the first principal conductor of the theatre Kirill Tikhonov, Professor, People’s Artist of Russia.
The orchestra of an opera house is an entirely unique musical structure. The symphonic orotundity there should harmonize with responsiveness and flexibility of accompaniment. Due to diverse and annually renewed repertoire of Helikon-opera the orchestra successively plays the compositions of different epochs and genres, mastering them in record time. The company often gives symphonic concerts abroad.
Many famous and outstanding conductors collaborated with the orchestra of Helikon, among them are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sergey Stadler, Evgeny Brazhnik, Julian Gallant, Dominique Rouits, Antonello Allemandi, Teodor Currentzis, Enrique Mazzola, Niels Muus, Andrew Lawrence-King, Eri Klas, Alexander Sladkovsky.
From 2002 to 2017 the orchestra has been directed by Vladimir Ponkin, People’s Artist of Russia, and twice winner of “The Golden Mask” National Theatre Award..
Since March 2017 Musical Director and principal guest conductor — Vladimir Fedoseyev, People’s Artist of USSR
Principal Conductor – Valery Kiryanov
Guest conductor – Vladimir Ponkin, People’s Artist of Russia
Head of orchestra — Tatiana Goniashvili GoniashviliTS@culture.mos.ru
Orchestra Inspector – Margarita Mirmova
Conductors — Filipp Selivanov, Mikhail Egiazaryan, Artem Davydov, Elena Sosulnikova
Orchestra Musicians
First ViolinsI
Concertmaster — Elena Zhelezina
Alexander Mayorov, Rinat Safimov, Irina Chepizhnaya, Natalya Strelnikova, Irina Rabchevskaya, Varvara Konstantinova, Elena Yurina, Dmitry Savelov, Mikhail Bolkhovitin, Inessa Ivanova, Sergey Bashlykov, Tatyana Root, Yulia Matveeva, Konstantin Ivanov, Maria Koroleva, Pavel Martynenko, Elizaveta Shchennikova, Sofia Devutskaya, Elena Yanchenkova, Nikolay Zherenkov
Second Violins
Concertmaster — Aleksandr Makeev
Altana Darslaeva, Vlada Ponyatovskaya, Dmitry A. Makeev, Anna Nechaeva, Olga Tatarintseva, Irina Kazakova, Elena Panko, Maria Kositsina, Anna Shpakova, Nikolai Artemiev, Yulia Koroleva, Elena Zoryan, Tatyana Kovalenko, Elena Sudzhian, Maria Drozd, Dmitry B. Makeev, Vladimir Sergeev
Violas
Concertmaster — Danila Galochkina
Pavel Makeev, Solomeya Protopopova, Marina Yanovskaya, Svetlana Shkarova, Sergey Soloviev, Margarita Mirmova, Tatyana Guryanova, Ilya Gusev, Irina Ikova, Olga Odintsova, Igor Melnikov
Cellos
Concertmaster — Victor Kozodov, the Honoured Artist of Russia
Tatyana Orobinskaya the Honoured Artist of Russia, Tatyana Nakhaeva the Honoured Artist of Russia, Ilya Lidogoster, Tatyana Salo, Elena Goldobina, Lilia Usmanova, Alexander Vainrot, Grigory Katts, Natalya Chekmazova, Natalya Serebryakova
Double Basses
Concertmaster — Aleksandr Sirotin
Gennady Borisov the Honoured Artist of Russia, Vyacheslav Mikhaylov, Anton Vinogradov, Aleksandr Selyutin, Alexander Ermakov, Ramis Davletshin, Arkadii Shishkov
Harps
Concertmaster — Valentina Borisova
Yuliya Komarova
Flutes
Concertmaster — Darya Galochkina
Tatyana Larina, Timofei Karasilov, Olga Otradnova, Tatyana Goniashvili, Ivan Kislenko, Maria Lenshina
Oboes
Concertmaster — Maya Bakum
Valery Kalashnikov, Taisiia Maslinskaya, Aleksandr Brazhnik, Eva Ozerova, Ekaterina Kirillova
Clarinets
Concertmaster — Filipp Markhvinsky
Arsenii Stavtsev, Nikolai Larin, Andrey Tuchkin, Anna Dyrul, Alexander Blok
Bassoons
Concertmaster — Oleg Medvedev
Alexey Konyakhin, Ilya Svalov, Philipp Ishkhanov, Sergey Gusev, Evgeny Sheldunov
Horns
Concertmaster — Alexey Rynzin
Anton Vetrov, Eduard Zhmaylov, Vasilii Nosakov, Mikhail Shikhov, Nikolai Shkliar, Andrey Aleinikov, Igor Vasiliev, Mikhail Zlobin, Mikhail Kazantsev, Mikhail Velichko
Trumpets
Concertmaster — Andrey Ikov the Honoured Artist of Russia
Kirill Ivanov, Ovik Khachatryan, Nikita Shishkov, Rustem Larin, Leonid Gorshkov, Andrei Klevtsov the Honoured Artist of Russia
Trombones
Concertmaster — Yury Dobrogorsky
Yuri Khustochka, Dmitrii Drobnitskii, Oleg Makarishin, Viktor Sergeev, Ivan Lykin, Vladimir Popov
Tubas
Concertmaster — Yury Afonin
Vladimir Skobelev, Ivan Gabov
Percussion
Concertmaster — Vyacheslav Bagrash, the Honoured Artist of Russia
Stanislav Lebedev, Alexey Berezovsky, Semen Tabachnikov, Arseny Guryanov, Ksenia Krasavina, Praskovia Tynianskikh