Artist Info: Mikhail Arkadiev

Mikhail Arkadiev was born in St Petersburg in 1958. He started playing the piano when 13 years of age and studied piano, composition (with Schnittke and Ledenev) and conducting at the Moscow State Conservatory and the Gnessin Institute (now the Russian Academy of Music). He is currently the principal conductor and music director of the Volgograd Opera. [read more...]