Born: Sakhalin, Russia – raised in Israel
Current position: 2026 Villa Albertine Artist in Residence
Previously: Chief Conductor Bayer Philharmonic Orchestra (2021–24)
Education: first percussion lessons at the age of eight; studies orchestral conducting in Tel Aviv with Yoav Talmi, in Graz with Martin Sieghart and in Hamburg with Ulrich Windfuhr
Breakthrough: 2024, as winner of First Prize and four special prizes at the La Maestra Conducting Competition in Paris
Subsequently: projects with Paris Mozart Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Bremen Philharmonic; debut invitations from London Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, Copenhagen Philharmonic, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and Gulbenkian Orchestra
Debut Rotterdam Philharmonic: 2026