Maxim Emelyanychev is an outstanding representative of the rising generation of very young conductors.

Born in 1988 to a family of musicians, Maxim Emelyanychev first studied conducting at the Nizhny Novgorod Music School then continued his education in the conducting class of Gennady Rozhdestvensky in Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and fortepiano and harpsichord class of Maria Uspenskaya.

He is a prize-winner of numerous international competitions, among them: Hans von Bülow piano competition (Meiningen, 2012), Musica Antica harpsichord competition (Brugge, 2010), Volkonsky harpsichord competition (2010, Moscow).

He made his conducting debut at the age of 12 and has since then conducted both baroque and symphonic orchestras.

He collaborates with such renowned artists as Riccardo Minasi, Max Emanuel Cencic, Xavier Sabata, Julia Lezhneva, Sophie Karthäuser, Franco Fagioli, Dmitry Sinkovsky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Alexei Lubimov, Theodor Currentzis, Patrizia Ciofi, Katia and Marielle Labèque or Joyce DiDonato.

He leads Il Pomo d’Oro in their many various projects, concerts and operas: Haendel Tamerlano (Versailles, Hamburg, Vienna, Köln, Amsterdam, London …); Haendel Rodelinda (Versailles, Paris in January 2017); Haendel Partenope (Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid); Pergolesi Stabat Mater in Amsterdam Concertgebouw; a Haydn-Mozart program with Labèque sisters (Antwerpen, Paris in May 2016); an Italian program with cellist Edgar Moreau (Menton, Lisbonne, Sofia, Baden-Baden…); baroque aria recitals with Max Emanuel Cencic (Arie Napoletane in New York, Munich, Paris, Lyon, Rouen, Bern, Sevilla…), or with Joyce DiDonato, on the theme of war and peace (Versailles in March 2016, recording for Warner Classics and long world concert tours in November-December 2016 and May-June 2017).

His career with symphonic orchestras first started with numerous Russian orchestras – National Philharmonic of Russia, Soloists of Nizhny Novgorod or Nizhny Novgorod Philharmonic to name a few - and goes on internationally with the Sinfonietta Sofia, the Sinfonia Varsovia or the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, who invites him to conduct a production of Don Giovanni at Teatro de la Maestranza in November 2014.

During the season 2015-16, he also conducts the Orquesta Nacional de Espana, the Real Filarmonica de Galicia and the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla. He is invited back in 2016/17 by the latter two orchestras. The season 2016-17 is marked by his debuts at the Zürich Opernhaus to conduct the new production of Mozart’s Entführung aus dem Serail and by a major international tour with Joyce DiDonato, at the head of Il Pomo d’Oro. In June 2017 he conducts the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (Beethoven/Brahms), which invites him back in October 2017 (Mozart/Mendelssohn) and beyond.

Highlights of his 2018/19 season include three performances with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and his fourth appearance with the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla. He also makes his debut with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, and conducts the Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano LaVerdi, Orchestre National de Belgique, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Bordeaux, St Petersburg Symphony and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2019/20, alongside taking up his position with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra as Principal Conductor, he conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in two of the major international opera institutions: The Glyndebourne Festival (Handel Rinaldo) and the Royal Opera House (Handel Agrippina). He returns to the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in three different programmes for the third season in a row. He also returns to the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano and to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Other engagements include the Netherlands Philharmonic, the Antwerpen Symphony, the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, the Tokyo Symphony, the St Petersburg Philharmonic and the Seattle Symphony.

Maxim got the highest Russian theatre award « Golden Mask » as hapsichordist in stage production of Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro of Perm Opera Theatre (CD Sony Classics).

Two other albums have received great critical acclaim: Arie Napolitane with Max-Emanuel Cencic (Decca), and a Haydn double album, both as conductor and harpsichordist, together with Riccardo Minasi (Erato). In October 2016, this album is awarded the prestigious German Echo Klassik.

In October 2017, his CD with Joyce DiDonato (In War and Peace, Harmony through Music, Warner Classics) wins the famous Gramophone Award 2017.

Maxim’s CD dedicated to Mozart piano Sonatas (Aparté Record Label/Tribeca) won a prestigious CHOC DE CLASSICA 2018 and 4f of Télérama. His most recent CD dedicated to Beethoven symphony n.3 « Eroica » and Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn with the Nizhny Novgorod Soloists Chamber Orchestra is released under the label Aparté Record Label/Tribeca in October 2018.

Smiling, energetic, vivacious. Conducting without baton, with free gesture, he brightens up this so inventive music with a permanent sense of impetus and bounce which hits the core of the Haydn spirit. - Le Figaro - Christian Merlin - May 2016

In Schubert’s Great C major Symphony, Maxim Emelyanychev produced the most brilliantly exciting account of the symphony that I think I’ve heard in a concert hall [...]

Time simply flew by as we witnessed quite a superb performance and interpretation. "Great" is a choice epithet for the symphony but falls short when describing the performance. "Excellent" and "marvellous" are far more suitable. - Edinburgh – 2018

Difficult to remove one’s eyes from the Russian conductor during the performance. He seems electified by music as if by electric power, vital and spontaneous... skillfully enhanced by his studies with the immense Gennady Rozhdestvensky. In front of this maestria and this way of leaping freely into music, one can imagine Mozart conducting his work at 26, litterally at the same age. - Concert Classic.com - Zurich Opernhaus - November 2016