Teodor Currentzis is the Music Director of the Novosibirsk State Opera and Orchestra and is the founder and Artistic Director of the period instrument ensemble Musica Aeterna. He is now recognized as one of the most influential conductors in Russia and has been appointed as one of the top five conductors for the Bolshoi opera. Following his successful debut at Paris Opera in 2008, Teodor returned in 2009 with a critically acclaimed production of Verdi’s Macbeth. In the next two seasons, he will make his debut in Zurich Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper and the Madrid Opera. He recently debuted at the International Festival Baden-Baden and will return there each season to conduct various Mozart operas. In 2009/10, Teodor made a successful debut with SWR Baden-Baden and has been immediately reinvited for further concerts each season. Future orchestral debuts include NDR Hamburg, Orchestre National de Lyon, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Madrid Opera Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. During his time in Novosibirsk, Teodor has created Musica Aeterna which now sells out concerts in both their home, Moscow and abroad. Next season they will travel to the Vienna Konzerthaus and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam with plans to go to Berlin, Paris and London in 2011/12. They have an exclusive recording contract with Alpha Records and their most recent release, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14, has already been well-received.