Born in Yekaterinburg in 1991, the young Russian conductor Anton Legkii has been 2nd Kapellmeister at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern since 2017/2018 and is in charge of three new productions every year, so far “Orpheus in der Unterwelt” (J. Offenbach), “La Cenerentola” (G. Rossini), the ballet evening “Gisèlle”; “The Land of Smiles” (F. Lehár), “Otello”, ballet based on a collage of contemporary and baroque music, as well as the musical “Tell me on a Sunday” or “Mazepa” by P.I. Tchaikovsky. He has also conducted Gounod’s “Faust” and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”, Verdi’s “La Traviata” or “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss. During the 2020/21 season, he is scheduled as musical director for the LLoyd Webber’s musical “Tell me on a Sunday”, G.F. Handel’s “Alcina”, a concert with works by Igor Stravinsky and Zeller’s operetta “Der Vogelhändler”.
As guest of a series of symphony concerts he had great success in Altenburg-Gera in 2020. Since 2015 Anton Legkii has been conducting regularly at the State Opera of Ekaterinburg, among others works like “La Traviata”, “Carmen”, etc. He also conducts as a guest at the Pilsen Opera House, works regularly as a guest répétiteur at the Prague State Opera, and has been guest conductor of the Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra since 2017.
In 2016 Anton Legkii won 1st prize at the International Conducting Competition in Teplice (Czech Republic) and was awarded the Prize of the President of the European Academy of Music.
From 2012-2014 the young conductor was Kapellmeister at the Omsk Opera House, where he conducted the world premiere of A. Smyonov’s opera “The Prisoner of Omsk” right at the beginning of his career. Afterwards he was on the podium at this house for 20 different works, including “Ruslan and Ludmilla” (M. Glinka), “The Nutcracker” (P.I.Tchaikovsky), “Carmen” (G. Bizet), and “La Belle Hélène” (J. Offenbach).
At the same time, he continued his studies at the Gnesin Academy with Prof. Soloviev in Moscow and was able to work with conductors such as G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Sinaisky, V. Gergiev, V. Spivanov and D. Kitayenko.
After graduating from high school, Anton Legkii studied choir, opera and orchestra conducting at the Ural State Conservatory with Prof. Groshikova and Prof. Kartashov and graduated in 2015.
In order to perfect his education, he also completed postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Univ.Prof.Dr. Johannes Wildner in 2015-17.
During his studies, Anton Legkii conducted various choirs on a very regular basis (including the Ural State University Choir and the Choir of the Tchaikovsky Academy) and, at the age of 19, became chief conductor of the Ural State Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted in Ekaterinburg and on tours with numerous programs of various epochs and styles.
He graduated from primary and secondary school at a college specializing in music and choral singing and was considered a highly talented pianist and singer. His special interest, however, was always in the creation of entire performances, which is why he decided to train as a choir conductor at the age of 14. A year later, children’s and men’s choirs, soon mixed choirs were entrusted to him for work.
He received his first musical education at the age of five when he was accepted into the boys’ choir of Ekaterinburg, where he began intensive training with piano lessons, solfeggio and choral singing. He soon became a member of the children’s choir of the Ekaterinburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, where he also performed as a soloist.
