The Russian conductor Anton Legkii will be 2nd Kapellmeister at the Nationaltheater Mannheim from the 2024-25 season and will conduct a new production of Cimarosa’s “Der Operndirektor”, as well as revivals of “Don Giovanni”, “Hansel and Gretel” and “The Bat”.
In 2023, he conducted the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra in Sønderborg (DK) in symphony concerts with Lalo’s Cello Concerto and Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Symphony. As a guest he had great success in Altenburg-Gera. Before 2022, Anton Legkii conducted regularly at the Ekaterinburg State Opera. He also makes guest appearances at the Pilsen Opera House and regularly works as a guest répétiteur at the Prague State Opera.
In 2016, Anton Legkii won first prize at the International Conducting Competition in Teplice (Czech Republic) and was awarded the President’s Prize of the European Music Academy.
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 tenure. He then conducted 20 different works at this opera house, 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 during this time was able to work with conductors such as G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Sinaisky, V. Gergiev, V. Spivanov and D. Kitayenko. Kitayenko. After graduating from high school, Anton Legkii studied choral, opera and orchestral conducting at the Ural State Conservatory with Prof Groshikova and Prof Kartashov, graduating in 2015.
In order to perfect his training, he completed a postgraduate degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Prof. Dr Johannes Wildner in 2015-17.
During his studies, Anton Legkii conducted various choirs (including the Ural State University Choir and the choir of the Tchaikovsky Academy) and at the age of 19 became chief conductor of the chamber orchestra of the Ural State Conservatory, which he conducted in Ekaterinburg and on tour with numerous programmes from a wide range of eras and styles.
He completed primary and secondary school at a college specialising in music and choral singing and was regarded as a highly talented pianist and singer.
He received his first musical training at the age of five, when he was accepted into the boys’ choir in Yekaterinburg and began intensive training in piano, solfeggio and choral singing.
08/2024
