Percussion

Maksim Sanin

In the orchestra since 2023

Maksim Sanin graduated from the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music (class of Professor, Honoured Artist of Russia Alexander Suvorov). He is the winner of All-Russian and international competitions, including the All-Russian Competition for Symphony Orchestra Artists (Moscow, 2019-2021 – III Prize, 2022 – I Prize); the ‘Drum Wave’ International Competition-Festival of Percussion Instruments, Marching and Brass Bands (St. Petersburg, 2019 – I prize); the International Grand Video Competition GRAND MUSIC ART (Moscow, 2018 – II Prize, 2020 – I prize). He was awarded a grant from the President of the Russian Federation.

Since 2014, he has been an artist of the Belgorod Academic Russian Orchestra of the Belgorod State Philharmonic. Since 2019, he has been an artist of the orchestra of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Musical Theatre. Since 2021, he has been teaching at the Gnesin RAM Children’s Music School.

As a guest artist, he has collaborated with such ensembles as the Moscow State Academic Symphony Orchestra, the Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Philharmonic, the ‘Novaya Rossiya’ State Symphony Orchestra, the ‘Russian Philharmonic’ Moscow City Symphony Orchestra, the Russian National Youth Symphony Orchestra, the Russian State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography, the State Kremlin Orchestra of Russia, the Chamber Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, OpensoundOrchestra, and others.

He actively conducts concert and contest activities. He took part in such projects as the international tour of the Russian-British Britten-Shostakovich Festival Orchestra conducted by Jan Latham-Koenig (2019); the world premiere of the musical drama in seven parts by Sergei Akhunov based on the text by Sergei Zavyalov ‘Christmas Fast’ (2021, Zaryadye Hall, the Musica Viva Moscow Chamber Orchestra); performance of Steve Reich’s works Music for 18 Musicians and Drumming as part of the Moscow Percussion Ensemble (2022, 2023, Zaryadye Hall, Dom Radio, etc.).