“Zangiev’s conducting represents a harmonious blend of ironclad technique, stylistic rigor, exquisite interpretative sensitivity, and tonal flexibility — qualities greatly appreciated by audiences worldwide.”
The 2026-27 season marks Timur’s debut at Opéra national de Paris in Il trovatore, a return to Bayerische Staatsoper with Mazeppa, to Opéra de Lyon with May Night and to Semperoper Dresden with Don Carlo. On the concert stage, he will make his debut with the Royal Danish Orchestra, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker and Orquesta de Valencia.
Future seasons include debuts at Grand Théâtre de Genève, with the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra and with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Concertgebouw; as well as returns to The Metropolitan Opera, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Hamburg and Opernhaus Zürich.
In recent seasons, Zangiev has made highly acclaimed debuts at The Metropolitan Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper with Eugene Onegin, and at Salzburger Festspiele with The Gambler. A frequent guest of Teatro alla Scala, he has appeared in Eugene Onegin, Pique Dame, and Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev, and at Wiener Staatsoper with Eugene Onegin, Iolanta and Pique Dame. Other engagements include Staatsoper Berlin with Khovanshchina, Staatsoper Hamburg with Pique Dame, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía with Eugene Onegin, Opernhaus Zürich with Roméo et Juliette, the Bolshoi Theatre with Sadko, La Monnaie de Bruxelles with The Tale of Tsar Saltan, and Semperoper Dresden with Verdi’s Otello.
Equally at home in the symphonic repertoire, Timur Zangiev collaborates with Filarmonica della Scala, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Regio di Torino, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, among others.

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