Alexey Bogorad was born in Moscow. He studied at the Central Music School and graduated with honours from the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory as a clarinettist (class of Vladimir Sokolov) and as a conductor (class of Gennady Rozhdestvensky).
He is a laureate of international conducting competitions: the Stefan Turchak Competition (Second Prize, 2010, Kyiv) and the Lovro von Matačić Competition (First Prize, 2011, Zagreb).
From 1997 to 2012 he was a soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, and from 2001 to 2011 also of the Russian National Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev.
From 2011 to 2012 he served as assistant to Vladimir Yurovsky, Artistic Director of the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after E. F. Svetlanov. During these years he collaborated with such outstanding conductors as Yevgeny Svetlanov, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev, Semyon Bychkov, Paavo Berglund, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano and Charles Dutoit.
Since 2012 he has been a conductor at the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia. As a conductor he has appeared with leading Russian orchestras, including the Russian National Orchestra, the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia, the Symphony Orchestra of the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the State Academic Chamber Orchestra of Russia, the Symphony Orchestra of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Perm and Yakut Opera and Ballet Theatres, and the Mikhailovsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra. He continues to collaborate regularly with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named after E. F. Svetlanov, the symphony orchestras of Lithuania, Ukraine, Croatia and Norway, as well as the National Theatres in Prague and Belgrade and the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples.
He has been the conductor for productions of «The Nutcracker» (2011, Japan), «Moydodyr», «L’enfant et les sortilèges» and «The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra» (2012, Bolshoi Theatre), «The Soldier’s Tale» (2013, IRT Studio Theatre) and «Le Corsaire» (2014, Teatro di San Carlo, Naples).
His operatic repertoire includes «Don Giovanni», «Ruslan and Lyudmila», «Faust», «La Bohème», «Tosca», «Madama Butterfly», «La traviata», «Rigoletto», «Der fliegende Holländer», «Iolanta», «Eugene Onegin», «The Queen of Spades», «The Tsar’s Bride», «May Night», «Wozzeck», «The Fiery Angel», «L’enfant et les sortilèges», as well as an extensive ballet repertoire.
