Conductor
Mikhail Agrest
Music Director of Stuttgart Ballet
"Mikhail Agrest’s direction of the orchestra was pure poetry and emotion." - Demokraatti
Represented by
"Mikhail Agrest’s direction of the orchestra was pure poetry and emotion." - Demokraatti
Represented by
John Cranko, Stage Director
Mikhail Agrest, Conductor
Edward Clug, Stage Director
John Cranko, Stage Director
John Cranko, Stage Director
John Cranko, Stage Director
Symphonic concerts with the Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, China National Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Eugene Onegin, Il barbiere di Siviglia at Staatsoper Hannover, ballet productions at Opéra National de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Finnish National Opera & Semperoper Dresden, concert at Szczecin Philharmonics.
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh at the Metropolitan Opera, Švanda dudák, Swan Lake, Heatscape at Semperoper Dresden, Eugene Onegin at the Finnish National Opera, Faust at Zurich Opera, La Traviata, Don Giovanni at Opera Australia, Tosca at the Swedish National Opera, Jenufa at the English National Opera. Symphonic programs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Bremer Philharmoniker, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, and New West Symphony.
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Verdi - Traviata
Verdi - Traviata
Mikhail Agrest’s direction of the orchestra was pure poetry and emotion. Affection, hope, intellect, and beauty – every element was cherished like a petal of a flower. He led the orchestra through the musical narrative, like a good shepherd.
It was a performance, so rare in our days, that showed integrity and unity of the musical and theatrical incarnations. In many respects this is due to the intelligent manner of the conductor,
music in the blood. A former student of Mariss Jansons, he led the orchestra, bringing out inner details and nuances , and musicians obediently trusted each of his maningful gestures
Three cheers too for Mikhail Agrest and the Staatsorchester who have audibly worked hard to bring out the extraordinary richness and varied sonorities of John Lanchbery’s masterful arrangement of Liszt. In Stuttgart, this score was a new experience for both conductor and orchestra who have approached it with engagement and respect, making it sound fresh and singularly right. Agrest elicited magnificent playing, with warm string sound and emphatic brass. Time and time again, the detailing in the score was brought out in a way not heard in London.
Agrest and the orchestra gave a muscular account of this powerful score,
Mikhail Agrest keeps driving the music to its inexorable conclusion