Conductor and professor in conducting

Alim Shakh

Conductor and professor in conducting

"I am pleased to say that Alim Shakh conducts my father's music better than most conductors in the world!"

Maxim Shostakovich | Distinguished Conductor

Alim Šach

Dirigent a profesor v oboru dirigování

Alim Shakh is one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation. His non-trivial approach to interpreting works of different genres and eras has won him critical acclaim.

Biography

"Exquisite musical feeling, magnificent manual technique combined with elegant artistic design create Shakh's unique creative pattern, which has long been recognized and loved not only by the native public."

Alim Shakh is a world-renowned conductor and professor of conducting. He is the author of many artistic projects, performs in the best halls of the world, collaborates with the stars of world culture and many major musical theatres abroad. He is also involved in teaching and training future conductors.

He graduated from the St. Petersburg State Conservatory (Academy) of N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov, where he learned from renowned professors Ilya Musin and Fyodor Kozlov. Their pupils were famous artists such as Y. Temirkanov, V. Gergiev, K. Simeonov, S. Bychkov, V. Sinaisky, S. Edwards, O. Dimitriadi and many other world-famous conductors. Today, Alim Shah is considered one of the most talented graduates of the famous Leningrad-St. Petersburg Conducting School.

Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Alim Shakh

W.A. Mozart - Symphony No. 40 g-moll

About the conductor

"...he hears the score perfectly, revealing even obscured rhythmic and tonal connections. Alim's conducting is filled with deep meaning and logic. In his interpretations, Alim follows the best models, but he does not repeat stamps, but presents the music in his own vision. Such a conductor is a godsend for a composer."

Boris Tishchenko

Composer

"I am pleased to say that Alim Shakh conducts my father's music better than most conductors in the world!"

Maxim Shostakovich

Conductor and pianist

"During Alim Shakh's tenure, the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra has become one of the finest ensembles I have ever heard in my life."

Sergey Slonimskiy

Composer

Video performance

"Over the course of his artistic career, he has collaborated with many stars of the music world, such as L. Pavarotti, P. Domingo, M. Rostropovich, M. Shostakovich, B. Berezovsky, R. Galliano and others."