Management 2024

Vladimir Vaneev
Chairman of the Expert Board

People's Artist of Russia, recipient of multiple Russian and international awards, soloist for the Mariinsky Theatre 

Evgeny Tsodokov

Opera historian, music critic. Author of many articles about opera and the art of singing as a whole. Founder and editor-in-chief of operanews.ru

Alexander Soloviev

Head conductor for the Mikhailovsky Theatre. Recipient of multiple international awards. Worked with famous symphonic orchestras such as Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini Orchestra, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and many others.

Vladimir Tyulpanov

Recipient of multiple international awards. Soloist for the Mariinsky Theatre. Vice President of the Onegin National Opera Award. 

Rinat Dulmaganov

Member of the Music Workers International Union, General Producer of the National Opera Centre, teaches at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet

Vladimir Dudin

Musicologist, music and opera critic, reviewer at the “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” and “Saint Petersburg Vedomosti” papers.  

Dmitry Otyakovsky

Director of the Voronezh Opera and Ballet Theatre's opera troupe. Winner of the Competition of Young Opera Directors at the Mariinsky Theatre, Prize-winner at the III Nano-Opera International Competition of Young Opera Directors, Winner of the Digital Opera Performance competition.

Olga Rusanova

Music observer for Radio Rossiya, member of the music critics association, writer for the Muzikalnaya Zhizn journal, recipient of the City of Moscow’s Journalism award, recipient of the Honorary Radio Operator title.