Mikhail Tatarnikov is a Russian principal conductor and music director of Mikhailovsky Theatre who is known for his production of The Enchantress at the Theater an der Wien as well as The Gambler at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
Mikhail Tatarnikov used to study opera and symphony conducting at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory under guidance from Alexander Polishchuk. In 2006 he made his first appearance with the Mariinsky Theatre where he conducted a ballet based on Aristotles work called Metaphysics which was performed under Sergei Prokofiev's Second Symphony.
Since that year he works with both City of Birmingham Symphony and Danish National Symphony Orchestras as well as orchestras of Mariinsky and Mikhailovsky Theatres. Prior to all of it, he accepted invitations from the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. He also performed with both Rotterdam Philharmonic and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras as well as Japanese Tokyo Symphony Orchestra and Gävle Symphony Orchestra of Gävle, Sweden.