Orchestra

Orchestra of Helikon-Opera is a team of 126 highly proficient musicians, which was established over ten years ago. The defining role in its formation was played by the first principal conductor of the theatre Professor Kirill Tikhonov, People’s Artist of Russia. The orchestra of an opera theatre 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 recordingly short time. The troupe often gives symphonic concerts abroad. 

Many outstanding conductors collaborated with the orchestra of Helikon, among them are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sergey Stadler, Evgeny Brazhnik, Julian Gallant, Richard Bradshow, Robert Alagna, Jose Cura, Dominique Rouits, Antonello Allemandi, Teodor Currentzis, Sladkovsky Alexander, Adigezalov Yalchin

Till 2017 the orchestra has been directed by Vladimir Ponkin, People’s Artist of Russia, and twice winner of “The Golden Mask” National Theatre Award.

Principal guest conductor  — Vladimir Fedoseyev, People’s Artist of USSR
Performing duties of a Principal Conductor - Valery Kiryanov
Orchestra Inspector — Tatiana Goniashvili
Conductors — Evgeny Brazhnik, Mikhail Egiazaryan, Artem Davydov, Filipp Selivanov

Orchestra Musicians

Violins I
Concertmaster — Elena Zhelezina
Alexander Mayorov, Rinat Safimov, Irina Chepizhnaya, Natalya Strelnikova, Varvara Konstantinova, Elena Yurina, Dmitry Savelov, Irina Rabchevskaya, Mikhail Bolkhovitin, Inessa Ivanova, Irina Freeman, Sergey Bashlykov, Tatyana Root, Julia Matveeva, Konstantin Ivanov, Maria Koroleva, Pavel Martynenko, Elena Yanchenkova, Karina Prokofieva, Nikolay Zherenkov

Violins II

Concertmaster — A. B. Makeev
Altana Darslaeva, Vlada Ponyatovskaya, D. A. Makeev, Anna Nechaeva, Olga Tatarintseva, Irina Kazakova, Elena Panko, Maria Kositsina, Nikolai Artemiev, Julia Koroleva, Elena Zoryan, Andrey Ivanov, Lyudmila Fraenova, Andrey Ivanov, Artyom Len, Tatyana Kovalenko, D. B. Makeev Vladimir Sergeev 

Violas 

Concertmaster — Danila Galochkina
Pavel Makeev, Solomeya Protopopova, Marina Yanovskaya, Tatyana Guryanova, Margarita Mirmova, Ilya Gusev, Irina Ikova, Olga Odintsova, Igor Melnikov, Kirill Belotsvetov

Violoncellos

Concertmaster — Victor Kozodov
Tatyana Orobinskaya, Sergey Astashonok, Tatyana Nakhaeva, Ilya Lidogoster, Tatyana Salo, Ivan Prudnikov, Alexander Vainrot, Grigory Katts, Natalya Chekmazova, Natalya Serebryakova

Contrabasses

Concertmaster — Aleksandr Sirotin
Gennady Borisov, Vyacheslav Mikhaylov, Anton Vinogradov, Aleksandr Selyutin, Alexander Ermakov, Denis Kuznetsov, Ramis Davletshin

Harps

Concertmaster — Valentina Borisova
Yuliya Komarova, Tatyana Oskolkova

Flutes

Concertmaster — Darya Galochkina
Tatyana Larina, Olga Otradnova, Alena Baramidze,Tatyana Goniashvili, Ivan Kislenko

Oboes

Concertmaster — Maya Bacum
Valery Kalashnikov, Taisiya Maslinskaya, Aleksandr Brazhnik, Eva Ozerova, Svyatoslav Bogdanov 

Clarinets

Concertmaster — Filipp Markhvinsky
Valentin Azarenkov, Arseny Stavtsev, Andrey Tuchkin, Anna Dyrul, Alexander Blok

Fagotts

Concertmaster — Oleg Medvedev
Alexey Konyakhin, Ilya Svalov, Philip Ishkhanov, Sergey Gusev, Evgeny Sheldunov

Horns

Concertmaster — Alexey Rynzin
Victor Taran, Anton Vetrov, Eduard Zhmaylov, Egor Karasev, Kirill Arsenov, Andrey Aleinikov, Igor Vasiliev, Mikhail Zlobin, Mikhail Kazantsev, Mikhail Velichko 

Trumpets

Concertmaster — Andrey Ikov
Leonid Gorshkov, Andrey Klevtsov, Kirill Ivanov, Ovik Khachatryan, Nikita Shishkov 

Trombones

Concertmaster — Yury Dobrogorsky
Yuri Khustochka, Rostislav Kvasov, Oleg Makarishin, Victor Sergeev, Ivan Lykin, Vladimir Popov

Tubas

Concertmaster — Yury Afonin
Vladimir Skobelev, Gabov Ivan

Percussion

Concertmaster — Vyacheslav Bagrash
Stanislav Lebedev, Alexey Berezovsky, Semyon Tabachnikov, Arseny Guryanov, Ksenia Krasavina