Yalchin Adigozalov

Yalchin Adigozalov is an Azerbaijani conductor. He is a member of the third generation of a famous musical dynasty.

He was born in 1959 in Baku to the family of the Azerbaijani composer Vasif Adigozalov. In 1982, he graduated from the piano faculty of Azerbaijan State Conservatory. From 1984 to 1989, he studied opera and symphony conducting at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Ilya Musin.

He became the conductor of the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra and the artistic director of chamber orchestra in 1989 and continued his studies at the Vienna Academy of Music with Karl Osterreicher between 1990 and 1992. He served as artistic director and principal conductor of the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra between 1991 and 1998. Between 1991 and 1992, he became the artistic director of Mozart festival held in conjunction with the Austrian government.

In 2000, Adigozalov became the permanent conductor of the Azerbaijan State Opera - Ballet. He led performances of Magic Flute, La finta giardiniera,La Boheme, Tosca, Madame Butterfly,Il Tabarro Gianni Schicchi, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Carmen, Samson and Delilah, Aleko, The Queen of Spades, Prince Igor, Eugene Onegin Scheherazade, Romeo and Juliet, Bolero, Arlesienne and Die Fledermaus. Between 2001 and 2004, he held the position of permanent conductor of the Istanbul State Opera Ballet.