Conductor
Philipp
Chizhevsky
Philipp Chizhevsky

Born in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Sveshnikov Choir Academy, then from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory in choir conducting (class of Stanislav Kalinin) in 2008 and in opera-symphonic conducting (class of Valery Polyansky) in 2010.

He is the Founder, Artistic Director and conductor of Questa Musica, together with which he has realised several large projects in Russia and abroad.

In 2008–11 was Artistic Director and conductor of the choir at the Gnesin State Musical College, as well as a teacher of conducting. Since 2011 has been a teacher at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory.

Since 2011 has been a conductor at the State Academic Symphonic Capella of Russia.

In 2012 debuted at the Bolshoi Theatre having conducted the premiere of the opera Franziskus by S. Nevsky in the framework of the project “Laboratory of Modern Opera”.

Since 2014 has been a guest director of the Bolshoi Theatre.

He conducts the performance The Story of Kai and Gerda by S. Banevich. In the 2014–15 season he was Music Director of the 1st International Festival of Baroque Music.

On the Pokrovsky Chamber Stage, he realised the production of the opera buffa La Périchole by J. Offenbach (2019) and one-act operas The Diary of Anne Frank. Weiße Rose (White Rose) by G. Frid and U. Zimmermann (2021).

Awards

Laureate of the Golden Mask National Theatre Award in the nomination Best Work of Conductor for the performance of Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (The Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theatre)

2019

Laureate of the BraVo International Professional Music Award for the production of Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

2019
General partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — insurance company «Ingosstrakh»
Privileged sponsor of the Bolshoi Theatre — Tinkoff Bank
Privileged partner of the Bolshoi Theatre — GUM