Vladimir Pinkin Biography

For his activities, he was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia, twice became the laureate of the Golden Mask National Theater Prize, by the decision of the Ministry of Culture and Art of the Republic, Poland Maestro was awarded the medal “For Merit in the Field of Poland Culture” in the year, he received a medal of the II degree “For Merit in the Development of the Kuban”.

In the year, the Council for the Public Awards of Russia under the Russian Heraldic Chamber awarded V. Ponkin with a cross with the Cross of the Fatherland of the I degree for Merit to the Fatherland in the field of cultural development in Russia and abroad. A native of Irkutsk, Vladimir Ponkin graduated from the Gorky Conservatory, and then the Moscow Conservatory and Assistant-Statement-according to the class of opera-symphonic conducting of Gennady Rozhdestvensky.

In the year, he was the first of the young Soviet conductors the winner of the V -World W conductors of the Rupert Foundation in London. Over the years, the maestro was headed by the Yaroslavl Symphony Orchestra, the State Symphony Orchestra of cinematography, the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra Poland, the State Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic, the National Academic Orchestra of Folk Instruments of Russia named after A special place in the work of the conductor is occupied by the opera.

In the year, Vladimir Ponkin was invited to the post of chief conductor of the K. Stanislavsky and V. Musical Theater and V. The first works were the production of ballets “taming the obstruction” by M. Bronner, “Romeo and Juliet” by S. Prokofiev, “Sulamith” V. Besedina, the operas of “Othello” Verdi and “Tale of King Saltan” by N. Rimsky-Korsakov, wound up great success.

Since the year, Maestro has been actively cooperating with the Helikon Opera Theater, and from the year he has been the position of the chief conductor of the theater. From the year, V. Ponkin was the main conductor of the center of opera singing Galina Vishnevskaya, where he took part in the productions of many operas of Russian and foreign authors, including the “royal bride” of Rimsky-Korsakov, Ruslan and Lyudmila Glinka, Rigoletto Verdi, Faust Guno and others.

As an invited conductor, V. Ponykin worked with such well-known groups as the BBC symphony orchestra, Leningrad Philharmonic, the Stockholm Radio Orchestra, Italian Symphony Symphony: the Milan Symphony Orchestra Guido Kantelli and the festival orchestra of Bergamo, the leading groups of Australia Melbources Symphony, West Australian Orchestra, Cuinssland Symphony Orchestra Brisben, Binghampton Symphony, Palm Beach Orchestra and many others.

The artistic director and chief conductor of the Kuban Symphony Orchestra. The repertoire of Vladimir Ponykin is huge, it includes both classic opuses and works of modern composers.

He presented to the Russian public a number of premieres of the works of the KSH. Penderetsky and V. with particular sensitivity, Vladimir Ponkin belongs to the children's audience. Children's concerts are very popular in which the maestro assumes the role of the host and invites young spectators to talk about music. Concert programs are an exciting tour of the world of Russian and foreign classics, during which children learn to listen to music, understand the orchestra and even conduct.

Since the year, Vladimir Ponkin has been teaching at the Moscow State Conservatory. Tchaikovsky professor. He is also the head of the department of opera-symphonic conducting of the GMPI named after Along with teaching in his homeland, Vladimir Ponkin regularly gives master classes abroad. Since the year, Maestro Ponkin has been the chairman of the jury of the All -Russian contest of young conductor named after