Игорь Дронов

Igor Dronov is a Russian conductor, professor at the Department of Opera and Orchestral Conducting at the Moscow Conservatory, principal conductor of Studio For New Music Ensemble. In 1992, he graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, where he had been studying choral conducting with Boris Tevlin and opera/orchestral conducting with Dimitrij Kitaenko. He also participated in Georg Solti and Pierre Boulez seminars. Dronov has conducted at the Bolshoi Theatre since 1991. He acted as a musical director for many ballets, including Arvo Pärt's Chamber N.6, Lea set to the music of Leonard Bernstein, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by J. Neumeier to the music of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and György Ligeti (received "Golden Mask" prize for the best ballet production). Igor frequently performs as a guest conductor with well-known ensembles and orchestras, including the Russian National Orchestra and Ensemble Modern.