The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has announced Russian conductor Maxim Emelyanychev (*1988) as its next Principal Conductor. Maxim Emelyanychev will take up the post in September 2019.
Born to a family of musicians, Maxim Emelyanychev first studied conducting at the Nizhny Novgorod Music School then continued his education in the conducting class of Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and fortepiano and harpsichord class of Maria Uspenskaya.