ARKADY LEYTUSH
One of Russia’s most gifted conductors, Leytush has directed orchestras in Europe and the United States to great acclaim. Critics have described him as “a conductor in the Grand Russian Tradition” and his dynamic interpretations have made him an audience favourite. Leytush’s artistry is known throughout the former Soviet Union, but it was not until 1994 that he gained recognition in the United States when he, on a week’s notice, made a stunning debut with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, replacing Yuri Temirkanov.

Arkady Leytush received his education at the Glinka State Conservatory (choral conducting) and at the Mussorgsky State Conservatory (orchestral conducting) under the direction of professor Mark Paverman. He has also had private instructions with Boris Khaikin, Kirill Kondrashin, and Gennady Rojdestvensky. In 1987 he received Bolshoi Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre Advance Training Certificate.

Since 1980 Leytush has worked with a wide variety of orchestras including Novosibirsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Russia), New World Symphony Orchestra(USA), Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonic De Buenos Aires, Orquestra Nacional Do Porto, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine.

Mr. Leytush is Principal Guest Conductor of National Orchestra of Ukraine and Music Director of Nathan Rakhlin International Festival in Yalta (Ukraine).

Arkady Leytush is also a Professor of Conducting and Orchestra Class at Long Island Conservatory.

Arkady Leytush made numerous transcriptions and orchestrations of music by composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Albeniz, Sisler, Czerny, Guastavino, Shostakovich, Borodin, Liadov, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glasunov, Dargomyzhski, Artsibushev, Sokolov, Mayer.