Evgeny Sheyko

Education

In 1988 Evgeny Sheyko graduated Moscow State Conservatory (faculty of opera and symphony conducting, Gennady Rozhdestvensky class).

Conducting

1988–92 – Conductor of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
1992–present – Chief Conductor
1993–95 – General artistic director and conductor of Nizhny Novgorod Chamber Orchestra
1995–present – General artistic director and conductor of Students Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory
1991–99 – Guest Conductor of Academic Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic
2000–05 – Guest Conductor of Tatar State Symphonic Orchestra, Kazan (Russia)
2005–08 – Guest Conductor of Bashkortostan National Symphonic Orchestra, Ufa (Russia).
2001–10 – Guest Conductor of opera and ballet festivals in Russian cities: Perm, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Cheboksary, Saratov
2003 – Guest Conductor of Daegu Chamber Orchestra (Republic of Korea)
2004 – Guest Conductor of Ukraine State Symphonic Orchestra in Daegu (Republic of Korea)

Concert tours

-with opera and ballet troupe of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
1989 – Smolensk, Petrozavodsk (Russia)
1990 – Arkhangelsk, Murmansk (Russia)
1991 – Kiev (Ukraine)

-with opera troupe of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre
1993 – Fort-de-France (France)
2006 – Cheboksary (Russia)
2008 – Kostroma (Russia)

-with orchestra, chorus, soloists of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre(symphonic programs)
2008 – Sarov (Russia)
2012 – Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Vigo (Spain), Lisbon, Porto (Portugal), Helsinki, Turku, Pori (Finland), Oslo, Stavanger (Norway), Stockholm (Sweden)

Repertoire

-symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven (all symphonies), Schubert, Brahms (all symphonies), Dvořák, Bruckner, Mahler, Sibelius, Honegger, Balakirev, Tchaikovsky (all symphonies), Rachmaninoff (all symphonies), Prokofiev, Shostakovich etc.
-symphonic compositions of Liszt, Wagner, R. Strauss, Grieg, Debussy, Dukas, Ravel, Bartók, Glinka, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Stravinsky, Scriabin etc.
-instrumental concerts of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Dvořák, Grieg, Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich etc.
-compositions for soloists, chorus and orchestra: Requiem by Mozart, Requiem by Verdi, “The Damnation of Faust” by Berlioz, “The Bells” by Rachmaninoff, “Alexander Nevsky” by Prokofiev, “Carmina Burana” by Orff etc.

Performance in Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

1989 – “The Soldier's Tale” by Stravinsky
1990 – “The Tsar's Bride” by Rimsky-Korsakov
1991 – “Mazeppa” by Tchaikovsky
1994 – “The Gypsy Baron” by J. Strauss
1996 – “The Tales of Hoffmann” by Offenbach
1998 – “Aleko” by Rachmaninoff
2000 – “Ruslan and Ludmila” by Glinka
2001 – “La bohème” by Puccini
2002 – “The Bat“ by J. Strauss
2004 – “Carmen” by Bizet
2004 – “The Human Voice” by Poulenc
2004 – “Un ballo in maschera” by Verdi in Gwangju (Republic of Korea)
2004 – “Turandot” by Puccini in Incheon(Republic of Korea)
2006 – “Ivan Susanin” (“A Life for the Tsar”) by Glinka
2007 – “The Queen of Spades” by Tchaikovsky
2008 – “Cio-Cio San” by Puccini
2010 – “Otello“ by Verdi
2011 – “The Nutcracker” by Tchaikovsky

Repertoire includes more than 50 operas and ballets.