Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world.Tugan Sokhiev regularly conducts orchestras of the calibre of the Vienna, Berlin and Munich Philharmonic orchestras, Dresdner Philharmonie and Staatskapelle Berlin, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Gewandhausorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is invited to the finest U.S. orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras and spends several weeks each season with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

As Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 2008 to 2022, Tugan Sokhiev headed numerous successful concert seasons, including several world premieres and a significant number of tours abroad, propelling the orchestra to international prominence. Passionate about his work with singers, from 2014 to 2022 he was Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Bolshoï Theatre in Moscow conducting many new productions and premieres. He has guest conducted at the Metropolitan Opera New York, received enormous critical acclaim forhis performance of The Love for Three Oranges with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and subsequently taking the production to the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Highlights of the 2024-25 season include Tugan Sokhiev’s debuts with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, tours in Asia with the Müncher Philharmoniker, in Europe with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Sommernachtskonzert with the Wiener Philharmoniker. He will also conduct a new production of Iolanta at the Wiener Staatsoper and return to the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

Tugan Sokhiev has a rich and varied discography, including recordings with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse on Naïve and Warner Classics, winning the Diapason d'Or in 2020.