Alexander Vedernikov
Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov is a Russian conductor.Biography
Vedernikov is the son of the bass Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov, who sang at the Bolshoi Theatre, and of Natalia Nikolaevna Gureeva, who was a professor of organ at the Moscow Conservatory. Vedernikov graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1988, where he studied under Leonid Nikolaev. He also took classes from Mark Ermler. Upon his graduation he worked as a conductor in the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre from 1988 to 1991. He was also an assistant conductor to Vladimir Fedoseyev at the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio from 1988 to 1995. In 1995, he established the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra and served as its artistic director and chief conductor until 2004.
Vedernikov became music director of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2001. He had a contract with the company until 2010, but in July 2009 resigned on the first day of the theater's summer tour, citing disagreements with its management.
Vedernikov made his Covent Garden debut in 1996, where he conducted Prokofiev' Cinderella and Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake. He became chief conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra in 2009, with an initial 3-year contract. In June 2011, his initial Odense contract was extended to 2014. In November 2016 the Royal Danish Opera announced Vedernikov's appointment as its next chief conductor, effective from the 2017–2018 season. Vedernikov concluded his Odense tenure in 2018. In February 2019, he became music director and principal conductor of the Mikhailovsky Theatre.
Vedernikov has recorded commercially for such labels as Pentatone, Hyperion and Naive.Selected Recordings
