Yaroslav Zaboyarkin

He graduated from the St. Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory as both a violinist (in the class of Professor A. Kazarina) and an opera and symphony conductor (in the class of Professor M. Kukushkin). He further honed his conducting skills at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under the guidance of Neeme Järvi, Paavo Järvi, and Leonid Grin.

He was a diploma winner at the Nino Rota International Conducting Competition (Italy, 2017) and a prize-winner at the Grzegorz Fitelberg International Conducting Competition (Poland, 2017).

From 2007 to 2011, he was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of the St. Petersburg State Academic Capella under the direction of V. Chernushenko. From 2011 to 2026, he was a member of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

He made his conducting debut in 2012 with the New Japan Philharmonic at the 16th Tokyo International Conducting Competition, where he was awarded a semi-finalist diploma. Since 2019, he has served as the leader and conductor of the New Chamber St. Petersburg Philharmonic orchestra. He performs with distinguished artists and collaborates with leading orchestras in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

In 2022, he was named an honorary member of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Society. He is also a recipient of the "Signs of the Times" honorary award from the People's Republic of China.