Programme
Fantasy in c min. KV. 475 – fortepiano
Sonata no.14 in c min. KV. 457 – fortepiano
Sonata no.16 in C maj. KV 545 – harpsichord
Rondo in a min. KV 511 – fortepiano
Sonata no.18 in D Maj. KV 576 – modern piano
Born in 1988 to musician parents, Maxim Emelyanychev studied piano and conducting in his hometown Nizhny-Novgorod before entering the Tchaikowsky Conservatory in Moscow in the conducting class of Gennadi Rozhdestvenski.
In 2013, having attracted the attention of the musical world thanks to his participation as a fortepiano in the recording of Mozart's Nozze di Figaro at the Perm Opera, under the direction of Teodor Currentzis, he was invited to conduct the baroque ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro who quickly named him their Principal Chef. This is the start of his career outside Russia.
Then came international tours with Il Pomo d'Oro and the American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, as well as his first European debut, notably in 2014 in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Opera de la Maestranza in Seville, which propelled him onto the global lyrical and symphonic stages.
Since then Maxim has been invited to regularly conduct orchestras in Europe, the USA and Japan, from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra to the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra or the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, to name a few. In 2018 a sudden replacement to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Schubert's 9th symphony led this orchestra to appoint him their Principal Conductor from the following season. His contract in this position has since been extended until 2028. Maxim and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra tour extensively internationally and perform each year at the Edinburgh International Festival as well as the London Proms.
