School of Music

LEONID SIROTKIN	SCHOOL OF MUSIC FACULTY
Part-time Assistant Professor of Music

 

Leonid Sirotkin is a native of St. Petersburg, Russia where he received his BM and MM from St. Petersburg State Conservatory. For almost a decade, Leonid has been a principal English hornist with the Kirov Opera and Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev and has toured internationally with the Orchestra performing at Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Kennedy Center, Covent Garden, La Scala, and Concertgebouw among other venues. He has performed as a soloist with Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Bogota Opera Orchestra of Theatro Colon, and Kuopio Symphony Orchestra. His chamber music festival appearances include Kuhmo International Chamber Music Festival, Finland, Kostamuksha Music Festival, Russia, Lucca Music Festival, Lucca, Italy. He was featured as a lecturer on the IDRS International conference in 2006.

Leonid is a regular substitute player with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and has toured with CSO to Japan and Europe. He has recorded more than 35 CDs with Kirov Orchestra and 5 Cds with Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestra.

In 2000, Leonid published the book, "Orchestral Excerpts for oboe and English horn from operas and ballets by Tchaikovsky".

He is currently a DMA candidate at Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Mr.Sirotkin’s major teachers include Dr. Valery Sobolev and Dr. Mark Ostoich.

Email : leonidsirotkin@depauw.edu
Office : Green Center for the Performing Arts 0106
Phone : (765) 658 - 4380