Chief Conductor of the NDR Radiophilharmonie in Hannover, Stanislav Kochanovsky has a refined artistic personality that has led him to be considered one of the most brilliant conductors of our time. With his profound knowledge and experience of a wide range of symphonic and operatic repertoire, he is regularly invited by renowned orchestras and opera houses around the world, such as the Orchestre de Paris, the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Philharmonia Orchestra of London, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Oslo Philharmonic, and the Danish National Symphony, among others. During his career, he has also collaborated with leading Russian orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Russian National Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia and the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra.

With more than thirty operas in his repertoire, recent opera engagements have included The Pique Dame and Evgenij Onegin at the Opernhaus Zürich, Iolanta at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Prince Igor at the Dutch National Opera Amsterdam, working with distinguished directors and singers. As a guest conductor, he performed regularly for years at the Mariinsky Theatre.

Since 2017, Kochanovsky is a regular guest at the Verbier Festival where he conducted opera in concerts and symphonic programme. In addition to the classical repertoire, Kochanovsky has a strong interest in rarely performed works and new compositions.

Stanislav Kochanovsky attended the Glinka Choir School in his hometown of St. Petersburg before going on to graduate with honors at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire, where he studied choral conducting, organ and opera-symphonic conducting. He was Chief Conductor of the State Safonov Philharmonic Orchestra and in 2007 began his collaboration with the Mikhailovsky Theatre where, from the age of 25, he had the great opportunity to conduct more than sixty opera and ballet performances.