Biography

Volodymyr Sirenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Сіренко; born 1 November 1960) is a Ukrainian conductor and music pedagogue. He is best known as chief conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine where he has been artistic director since 1999. In 2008, he was honoured as People's Artist of Ukraine. In his early twenties, Sirenko made his conducting debut in the National Philharmonic Hall of Ukraine, Kyiv. In 1989, he studied opera-symphonic conducting with Allin Vlasenko at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. In 1990, Sirenko was a finalist in the Václav Talich International Conducting Competition held in Prague. He was Pr...Read More