Nikolay Khondzinsky was the winner of some national and international contests held among young violinists as early as a teenager. He graduated from the Moscow State Conservatoire with distinction majoring in opera and symphonic conducting. For several years N. Khondzinsky studied privately with outstanding musician Eduard Serov (1937-2016), professor at St.Petersburg Conservatoire and a student of Eugeny Mravinsky.

Artistic director of the Council Hall (Moscow, Russia)

Artistic director and Chief conductor of the Pskov Philharmonic Orchestra (Pskov, Russia)

Nikolay Khondzinsky is the founder, artistic

director and conductor of the Russian Conservatory Chamber Capella (since 2008). British reviewer W.Mark Roberts at DSCH Journal said a recording done by the Russian Conservatory headed by N. Khondzinsky «in the foreseeable future is unlikely to be surpassed for quality». The People’s Artist, well-known Russian composer K. Khachaturian also gave N. Khondzinsky quite a flattering description by calling him one of the most outstanding and talented

musicians of the new generation and his conducting brilliant.

Since being invited in 2014 by Valery Gergiev, Khondzinsky regularly collaborates as a guest conductor with the Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, Academy of Young Opera Singers of Mariinsky Theatre (leads by Larissa Gergieva). Among his performances: a concert, dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of Boris Tchaikovsky; a concert of tonali laureate Till Hofmann, which took place with the amicable support of Senate and Ministry of Culture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg; concert programs included music of P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov, I. Stravinsky, A. Khachaturian. L.v. Beethoven, W. A. Mozart, and others.

Laureate of the Boris Tchaikovsky Award (2008), Laureate of the International Bach Festivals From Christmas to Christmas (2009, 2010), Laureate of the Moscow State Award (2014)