Stanislav Gorkovenko

Stanislav Gorkovenko was born 1938
in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. He started his musical education at the local school of music, continued his studies as choirmaster at the Baku Conservatory and finally enrolled at the then called Leningrad Conservatory, where he enhanced his skills in the conducting class of the famous Professor Nikolai Rabinovich. After graduation he became music director of the Orchestra of the Leningrad Music Halls as well as the Theatre of Musical Comedy (1967 - 1978) where he initialized a.o. the performances of Helen of Troy and Mister X (after Kálmán’s Circus Princess).
Since 1978 Gorkovenko is artistic director and principal conductor of the Solovyov-Sedoi Orchestra, which is the former Radio and TV Orchestra. The range of his repertoire spans from classical, ballet and opera music right up to movie scores. In this field he worked for the film studio Lenfilm, producing music for more than 60 movies.
As of early 1990s, the Radio and TV Orchestra under Stanislav Gorkovenko toured extensively in Europe and Asia.
He has recorded more than 50 classical albums on CD.