Alexander Vedernikov

Alexander Alexandrovich Vedernikov (Александр Александрович Ведерников) (born 11 January 1964, in Moscow) is a Russian conductor. His father, Alexander Filipovich Vedernikov (Ведерников, Александр Филиппович), was a bass at the Bolshoi Theatre, and his mother was a professor of organ at the Moscow Conservatory.

Vedernikov studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Mark Ermler, and on graduation became director of the Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre from 1988 to 1991. He was assistant conductor to Vladimir Fedoseyev at the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio from 1988 to 1995. In 1995, he established the Russian Philharmonia Symphony Orchestra, and served as its artistic director and chief conductor through 2004.

Vedernikov became music director of the Bolshoi Theatre in 2001. He had been contracted to the company through 2010, but in July 2009, he resigned on the first day of a summer tour with the company, citing disagreements with the management.

Outside of Russia, Vedernikov became chief conductor of the Odense Symphony Orchestra in 2009, with an initial contract of 3 years. He conducted the third part of Wagners Der Ring with a swan feather instead of a conducting baton, receiving quite a lot critique because of the lack aesthetics. In June 2011, his initial Odense contract was extended through 2014. In November 2016, the Royal Danish Opera (Det Kongelige Kapel) announced the appointment of Vedernikov as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2017-2018 season.

Vedernikov has recorded commercially for such labels as Pentatone, Hyperion and Naive.

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