Evgeny Sheyko

Evgeny Sheyko (Russian: Евгений Борисович Шейко; 10 March 1962 – 19 November 2020 ), a Russian conductor, musical figure was Chief Conductor of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Nizhny Novgorod Award Winner).

Education

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

Conducting 1988–1992 – Conductor of Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre 1993–1995 – General artistic director and conductor of Nizhny Novgorod Chamber Orchestra 1995–2020 – General artistic director and conductor of Students Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Conservatory 2001–2010 – Guest Conductor of opera and ballet festivals in Russian cities: Perm, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Cheboksary, Saratov 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 – Kyiv (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.