Oxana Klevtsova

Concert Mistress

Born in St Petersburg. Graduated from the St Petersburg State Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatoire in 2003.
She began to work as a concert mistress in 1997 at the Zazerkalye theatre (St Petersburg). From 2003 to 2005 she was a concert mistress with the  Opera Dolnośląska (Wrocław, Poland). Since 2005 she has been a concert mistress with the Mariinsky Opera Company. As a concert mistress she works on productions of all operas by Russian and European composers at the Mariinsky Theatre.
Has toured with the Mariinsky Opera Company to Spain, Slovenia, Great Britain, Germany, Turkey and the USA.

Has appeared at numerous international festivals including Five Evenings and Music Days in Flanders (2001), at which she was responsible for the musical preparation of the world premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s opera Jakob Lenz. Regularly performs at such musical forums as the Moscow Easter Festival, the  Stars of the White Nights, Maslenitsa and the  MARIINSKY ballet festival.

Since 2010 she has been a guest performer (keyboards) with the Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra. Frequently performs in concert in Russia and abroad, appearing with lead soloists of the Mariinsky Opera Company and Symphony Orchestra.