# 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.