Pavel Klinichev

PAVEL
KLINICHEV

Conductor

Titles

Distinguished Artist of Russia

Awards

Five-time recipient of the Russian National Theatre Award “Golden Mask”

Teaching and education

Associate Professor at the Moscow State Conservatory

Lobero
Theater

Lobero Theater

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The Mikhailovsky Theater

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The Ural Opera Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg

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Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

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Opera national de Paris

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Teatro alla Scala

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The Metropolitan Opera

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The Royal Opera House

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Teatro Regio di Torino

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Beijing National Center

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Bunko Kaikan Tokyo

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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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The Bolshoi Theater

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Tours with the Bolshoi:

The Great hall of the Moscow Conservatory

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The Sofia Opera and Ballet Theater

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venues

Frankfurt Alte Oper

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reviews

“The night’s real heroes were not onstage, but in the pit. Conductor Pavel Klinichev and local musicians
honored Tchaikovsky with a lush,
often achingly beautiful rendition
of the score. Klinichev kept the dancers on the beat and looking
good, making sure they and the orchestra finished neatly
together”

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Los Angeles Times

“With Pavel Klinichev conducting the Opera House Orchestra, Adolphe Adam’s score sounded warmer and richer than usual”

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The Washington Post

“Donnellan has cut and rearranged Prokofiev's score, and the Bolshoi's own orchestra, conducted by Pavel Klinichev, manages to maintain momentum”

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The independent

“What a pleasure to hear the music, conducted by Pavel Klinichev, taken as seriously as any opera”

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The New York Times

“Klinichev, led everything with a facile, frisky efficiency. But he got the orchestra to play as if with
a single breath”

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Los Angeles Times

Biography

PAVEL KLINICHEV

Pavel Klinichev is an award-winning conductor with over 20 years of experience in the music industry. Recognized as a Distinguished Artist of Russia in 2021 and a five-time recipient of the National Theatre Award “Golden Mask”, Pavel’s repertoire spans symphonic, opera, and ballet works.

Currently he holds prominent positions as a resident conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia (since 2001), a resident guest conductor at the Ural Opera Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg (since 2015), and the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg (since 2014). In the first half of the 2025/26 season alone, he will premiere three major productions - The Little Humpbacked Horse at the Bolshoi (May 2025), Stone Flower at the Ural Opera Ballet (April 2025), and Snow Maiden at the Ural Opera Ballet (June 2025).