Tugan Sokhiev is internationally renowned for his close collaborations with many of the world’s leading orchestras and opera houses, enjoying privileged relationships with ensembles including the Wiener Philharmoniker and Berliner Philharmoniker, the latter of which he conducted at the Osterfestspiele Salzburg in April 2026. Recent performances with the Wiener Philharmoniker have included the Sommernachtskonzert at Schönbrunn Palace in June 2025, gala performances marking the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II, and in the 2026/2027 season he will conduct the orchestra at Salzburger Festspiele, on a tour of European cities and the orchestra’s celebrated Neujahrskonzert from the Vienna Musikverein.
Further highlights of the 2026/2027 include return invitations to conduct the Berliner Philharmoniker, Münchner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks and Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, whose highly acclaimed Silvesterkonzert he conducted in 2023. Elsewhere in Europe, he returns to the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. In November 2026, he will conduct three weeks of concerts celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Japan.
A frequent guest in North America, Tugan Sokhiev regularly appears with leading U.S. ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, while also maintaining a long-standing relationship with the NHK Symphony Orchestra, with which he spends several weeks each season.
As Music Director of the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse from 2008 to 2022, Tugan Sokhiev led numerous successful seasons, including world premieres and major international tours that significantly enhanced the orchestra’s global profile. Passionate about opera and the lyric repertoire, he also served as Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre from 2014 to 2022. Recent operatic highlights include acclaimed productions of Iolanta at the Wiener Staatsoper, and in June/July 2026 he will conduct Tannhäuser at the Opernhaus Zürich.
Tugan Sokhiev’s award-winning discography includes recordings with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, where he served as Principal Conductor from 2012 to 2016, and the Berliner Philharmoniker, whose Digital Concert Hall also features many of his performances. His most recent release is a live recording of Symphony No. 7 "Leningrad" with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
A student of the legendary pedagogue Ilya Musin at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, Tugan Sokhiev is deeply committed to supporting the next generation of musicians. In 2016, he founded the International Conducting Academy in Toulouse and continues to work with young artists through projects including the Wiener Philharmoniker’s Angelika Prokopp Sommerakademie, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy and the Berliner Philharmoniker’s BEPHIL orchestra at Salzburger Festspiele. He is also Patron of the Philharmonic Brass Education Program.
