Conductor

Evgeny Bushkov’s conducting debut took place in 1999 in France with The Festival Orchestra of the International Festival of Luxeuil. Following his debut he worked with "Svetlanov's" State Symphony orchestra, “Tchaikovsky” Symphony Orchestra (former BSO Moscow), the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic, the “Bolshoy Theatre” orchestra, Novosibirsk Symphony Orchestra, Ural Academic Philharmonic orchestra, ¨Neue Philharmonie¨- Westfallen (Germany), Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano “Gieseppe Verdi”, Orchestra Regionale di Toscana - ORT (Florence), Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (Palermo), Orchestra Sinfonica di San-Remo, Orchestra "Metropolitana" (Lisbon, Portugal), Orchestra Sinfonica de Venezuela (OSV), Orquesta Sinfónica de la UANL (Monterrey, Mexico), Lodz Philharmonic orchestra (Poland), Istanbul State Symphony, "Bilkent" Symphony orchestra (Ankara), the Prague Philharmonia - PKF, the Belarusian State Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Kazakhstan, the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra (Turkey), the Tekfen Philharmonic (Istanbul), the Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra (IDSO), the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI), the Stellenbosch International Festival Orchestra (South Africa), the Nizhny Novgorod Symphony (Russia), the Belgorod Philharmonic, as well as with the "Moscow Virtuosi" State Chamber Orchestra, the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia, the "Musica Viva" Orchestra, and the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra.

From 2002 to 2009 Evgeny Bushkov was an Associate Conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra “Novaya Rossiya” (Yury Bashmet, Artistic Director). His highly acclaimed debut with the orchestra in the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory in February 2004 was followed by more than 120 performances in Russia and abroad.

From 2012 to 2014 Maestro Bushkov served as Music Director of the Saratov Philharmonic Symphony orchestra. Since 2009 he has been the Artistic Director and Chief conductor of Belarusian State Chamber orchestra (formerly, Minsk Chamber Ochestra). From Jan. 2017 to April 2019 Maestro Bushkov served as conductor-in-residence at the Symphony Orchestra of India (SOI) in Mumbai. From 2018 to 2021 Maestro Bushkov was appointed Principal Guest conductor at the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (OSS) in Palermo, Italy.

Most recent performances of the past seasons include concerts with Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo (Marco Rogliano, soloist) and the Symphony Orchestra of India in Mumbai (Plamena Mangova, soloist) as well as concerts in Kazakhstan with State Academic Symphony orchestra in Almata (Erkebulan Saparbayev, soloist) and in Astana Opera with recently founded "Steppe Music Orchestra" (All-Mozart program, Hyeyoon Park, soloist).

In summer 2023 Maestro Bushkov stepped in with one week notice to conduct the Young Israel Philharmonic orchestra in two concerts at the most prestigious country venues: "Theatron Symphony Hall" in Jerusalem and "Heyhal HaTarbut" Israel Philharmonic Hall in Tel Aviv.

Among upcoming projects - composer Efrem Podgaits' 75th Birthday concert with two world premieres of symphony works: Cantata "The Song of Myself" on Walt Whitman's poem and the Fourh Symphony "The Hills" on the same name poem by Joseph Brodsky.