Biography

Vladimir Ponkin is a Russian principal conductor, Professor and a recipient of both the Golden Mask and People's Artist of Russia award from Irkutsk. He is also a 2001 medal recipient For the merits in development of Cuban region and a 2006 cross recipient of The Defender of Russia as well as For the Love and Faith to the Homeland medal both of which were 1st grade. Vladimir Ponkin was a 1980 World Rupert Foundation Competition winner and same year got hired by the Chamber Opera Theater with which he traveled through Russia and into Riga and Alma-Ata. During the 1990s he became head conductor of the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra and was invi...Read More