Mark Kadin

Mark Kadin (Russian: Марк Львович Кадин; born April 28, 1965) is a Russian chief conductor and musical director of Ukrainian origin.

Born in Ukraine, received his musical training in Moscow at The Gnessin State Musical College and at Russian Academy of Music. While still a student he began his conducting career in 1990 as an assistant conductor of the State Youth Symphony Orchestra “Young Russia” and the Moscow Ensemble of Contemporary Music. He subsequently became associate conductor of the Moscow Radio Concert Orchestra. In 1996 Mikhail Pletnev invited Kadin to become Assistant Conductor of the Russian National Orchestra, where he served until 2004. He worked closely with Valery Gergiev, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Kent Nagano, Evgeny Svetlanov. At the invitation of Vladimir Spivakov he became Resident Conductor of the State Chamber Orchestra Moscow Virtuosi from 1999 to 2003. Kadin was Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of Krasnoyarsk Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2015. His numerous collaborations with Russian orchestras include concerts with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Russian Philharmonic and the orchestras of Novosibirsk, Samara, Volgograd, Voronej, Khabarovsk, Omsk, Irkutsk, Rostov and others. As guest conductor Kadin has worked with various orchestras in Europe, Asia, South America, Mexico, Australia. Kadin has collaborated with many top level soloists such as Dmitry Khvorostovsky, Sumi Jo, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Mikhail Pletnev, Viktor Tretyakov, Boris Berezovsky, Nikolay Lugansky, Denis Matsuev, Alexander Knyazev and others.