Born in 1991, Anton Legkii is already one of the most successful young Russian conductors.
At the age of five he was accepted into the boys’ choir of Ekaterinenburg, where he began intensive training with piano lessons, solfeggio and choral singing. He soon became a member of the children’s choir of the Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ekaterinenburg, where he also performed as a soloist.
He graduated from a college with a focus on music and choral singing and was regarded as a highly gifted pianist and singer. He was always particularly interested in designing entire performances, which is why he decided at the age of 14 to train as a choral conductor. One year later he was entrusted with children’s and men’s choirs, and soon mixed choirs as well.
After graduating from high school, Anton Legkii studied choral, opera and orchestral conducting with Prof. Groshikova and Prof. Kartashov at the Ural State Conservatory and graduated in 2015.
During his studies, Anton Legkii regularly conducted various choirs (including the Ural State University Choir and the choir of the Tchaikovsky Academy) and became Chief Conductor of the Ural State Conservatory Chamber Orchestra, which he conducted in Ekaterinburg and on tours with numerous programs of various eras and styles.
In 2012 the young conductor received a position as conductor 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. In the course of the following 2 years he conducted 20 different works at this house, among others “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 study with conductors such as G. Rozhdestvensky, V. Sinaisky, V. Gergiev, V. Spivanov and D. Kitayenko.
Since 2015 Anton Legkii has conducted regularly at the State Opera of Ekaterinburg, among others works such as “La Traviata”, “Carmen”, etc.
In order to improve his education, he has also been completing postgraduate studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna with Prof. Dr. Johannes Wildner since 2015.
In 2016 Anton Legkii won the first prize at the International Conducting Competition in Teplice (Czech Republic) and received the prize of the President of the European Academy of Music. In addition to his guest engagements in Ekaterinburg, the young conductor is also a guest repetitor at the Prague State Opera, and has been guest conductor of the Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra since 2017.
Future projects include contracts as guest conductor at the Pilsen Opera House, with the Ural Philharmonic Orchestra and the Taurida International Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg.
Anton Legkii ha been 2nd Kapellmeister at the Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern since the season 2017/18. In his first season he had great success with the musical direction of three productions: “Orpheus in the Underworld” (J. Offenbach), “La Cenerentola” (G. Rossini) and the ballet evening “Gisèlle”.
This coming season he will take over the musical direction of Lehár’s “The Land of Smiles” as well as the ballet “Otello” after a collage of contemporary and baroque music. He also conducts Gounod’s “Faust” and Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”.
