Alexander Sladkovsky
Alexander Sladkovsky (born 20 October 1965, Taganrog, Russia) is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and has received the title of People's Artist of Russia.[1] He graduated from Moscow and St.Petersburg conservatories. From 2013, Sladkovsky is signed to Sony Music Entertainment Russia.
Sladkovsky is an artistic director and chief conductor of the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Honored Artist of Russia (2005), People's Artist of Russia (2016), Ambassador of the Universiade-2013 and a chief conductor of 2013 Summer Universiade's opening and closing ceremonies, and laureate of the III International Prokofiev Competition (1999).
Early life
Sladkovsky was born in 1965 in Taganrog to a family of musicians. He studied at the Tchaikovsky music school in Taganrog (class of N. I. Bortsova). At the age of 10 he moved to Moscow, where graduated from Moscow Military Music College as a trumpeter and Moscow State Conservatory (Military conducting department).
Career
Sladkovsky was the conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella (1997–2003), and the chief conductor of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg Conservatory (2001–2003). Sladkovsky was a chief conductor of the Saint Petersburg Court Chapel (2004–2006), and the conductor of the New Russia State Symphony Orchestra (2006–2010). From 2001 to 2005 he was a chief conductor of the National Students' Symphony Orchestra (a joint project of the Ministry of Culture of Russia and the St. Petersburg Conservatory), whose members were students and postgraduate students of St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Kazan and Saratov conservatories.
In May 2001, in the Hermitage Theater, he conducted in a concert in honor of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, and also conducted in concerts in honor of President V. Putin of the Russian Federation, President of the USSR M. Gorbachev, President B. Clinton and George W. Bush.
On 2 April 2014, at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Denis Matsuev was designated as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Alexander Sladkovsky performed with many orchestras in major projects and festivals in Russia and around the world. Alexander Sladkovsky performed with Russian and foreign musicians. Alexander Sladkovsky is Sony Music Entertainment Russia artist since 2013 and since November 2014 he is an AMC artist.
In 2019, Alexander Sladkovsky has been awarded the Sergei Rachmaninov International Award in the nomination "Special Project in the Name of Sergei Rachmaninov" for special attention to his legacy and organizing the Sergei Rachmaninov International Festival "White Lilac" in Kazan.[2]
References
2. http://en.tatarstan-symphony.com/sladkovsky/
3. https://imgartists.com/roster/alexander-sladkovsky/
4. https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/conductors/sladkovsky
5. https://meloman.ru/performer/aleksandr-sladkovskij/
6. http://fb.ru/article/254986/sladkovskiy-aleksandr-vitalevich-biografiya