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, Sofia Devutskaya, Varvara Konstantinova, Elena Yurina, Dmitry Savelov, Mikhail Bolkhovitin, Inessa Ivanova, Sergey Bashlykov, Tatyana Root, Yulia Matveeva, Konstantin Ivanov, Maria Koroleva, Pavel Martynenko, Elizaveta Shchennikova, Elena Yanchenkova, Anna Voloshyna

Second Violins

Concertmaster — Aleksandr Makeev

Altana Darslaeva, Vlada Ponyatovskaya,  Anna Nechaeva, Olga Tatarintseva, Irina Kazakova, Elena Panko, Maria Kositsina, Tatyana Kovalenko, Anna Shpakova, Elena Goryacheva,  Nikolai Artemiev, Yulia Koroleva, Elena Zoryan, Elena Sudzhian, Dmitry B. Makeev, Vladimir Sergeev? Anna Zemlinskaya

Violas

Concertmaster — Danila Galochkin

Pavel Makeev, Solomeya Protopopova, Marina Yanovskaya, Margarita Mirmova, Sergey Soloviev, Tatyana Guryanova, Ilya Gusev, Irina Ikova,  Vsevolod Pinchukov, 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, Ekaterina Burlutskaya, Lilia Smirnova, Olga Kiryanova, Alexander Vainrot, Grigory Katts, Natalya Chekmazova, Natalya Serebryakova

Double Basses

Concertmaster — Aleksandr Sirotin

Gennady Borisov the Honoured Artist of Russia, Vyacheslav Mikhaylov, 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, Petr Senin, Maria Lenshina

Oboes

Concertmaster — Maya Bakum

Valery Kalashnikov, Taisiia Maslinskaya, Aleksandr Brazhnik, Eva Ozerova, Elena Vinarova, Pavel Bogdanov

Clarinets

Concertmaster — Filipp Markhvinsky

Arsenii Stavtsev, Nikolai Larin, Anna Dyrul, Alexander Blok? Olga Lazareva

Bassoons

Concertmaster — Oleg Medvedev

Ilya Svalov, Alexander Smirnov Philipp Ishkhanov, Sergey Gusev, Evgeny Sheldunov

Horns

Concertmaster — Alexey Rynzin

Anton Vetrov, Eduard Zhmaylov, Vasilii Nosakov, Fedor Artemov, Pavel Akinshin, Andrey Aleinikov, Vadim Mikulinsky, Mikhail Zlobin, Igor Vasiliev, Mikhail Velichko

Trumpets

Concertmaster — Andrey Ikov the Honoured Artist of Russia

Rustem Larin, Ivan Arkhipov, Leonis Gorshkov, Kirill Ivanov, Ovik Khachatryan

Trombones

Concertmaster — Yury Dobrogorsky

Yuri Khustochka, Dmitrii Drobnitskii, Oleg Makarishin, Viktor Sergeev, Ivan Lykin, Vladimir Popov, Akim Kislyakov

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