Greek conductor Dimitris Botinis is one of the rising stars of the Russian music scene. He is currently Music Director of the Novosibirsk Philharmonic Orchestra as well as Principal Guest Conductor of the North Caucasus Philharmonic and Conductor at the Moscow Philharmonic where he was previously Assistant to Yuri Simonov. A winner of the 2006 Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition in Italy where he was awarded all special prizes and joint 2nd prize overall, he was also winner of the 1st All-
A regular guest conductor with the major Russian Orchestras, he also has long-standing relationships with the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra in Gdansk and the Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra in his native Greece, as well as with the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra following its inaugural tour which he conducted in 2018.
In recent seasons, Dimitris Botinis made successful debuts with the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Novosibirsk Philharmonic in Russia, as well as the Łódź Philharmonic ‘Arthur Rubinstein’, and Greek National Opera, and returned to the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra, Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, Mariinsky orchestra, St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg State Capella and sever