Arseny Shuplyakov

• Prize-winner of the 6^th International Nurgisa Tlendiev International Conducting Competition (Nur-Sultan, 2019; 3^rd prize)
• Prize-winner of the 2^nd Valery Khalilov International Conducting Competition (Moscow, 2021; 1^st prize)
• Prize-winner of the Rachmaninoff International Competition for pianists, composers and conductors (Moscow, 2022; 3^rd prize)

Arseny Shuplyakov was born in Leningrad in 1982. He graduated from the St Petersburg Conservatory (percussion class of Sergei Antoshkin, conducting class of Vladimir Altschuler).

Since 2016 he has been a conductor of the Mariinsky Stage Wind Band and guest conductor of the Mariinsky Theatre. As a conductor he has performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra, the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre’s branch in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. In 2019, he conducted the orchestra during the final round of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (brass category).

At his initiative the Mariinsky Wind Ensemble was created in 2017.

He was stage director and conductor of Pulcinella (2018) and Jeu de cartes (2019), both choreographed by Ilya Zhivoi, of Violent Dances (2020) choreographed by Vladimir Varnava, Twelve (2022) choreographed by Alexander Sergeev, La Fille du Pharaon choreographed by Marius Petipa restored by Toni Candeloro, Anyuta choreographed by Vladimir Vasiliev (both 2023), Danses concertantes and Coppélia (2024), both choreographed by Alexander Sergeev.
In 2025, he conducted the premiere of Dance Scenes choreographed by Vyacheslav Samodurov.

His repertory at the Mariinsky also includes The Legend of Love, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, The Stone Flower, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Bayadère, Le Corsaire, Don Quixote, La Sylphide, Chopiniana, Sylvia, Shurale, Diamonds, Rubies, The Rite of Spring, Les Noces, Petrouchka, Renard, Mavra, L’Histoire du soldat, The Fairy’s Kiss, The Firebird, Apollo, Symphony in Three Movements, Anna Karenina, Carmen Suite, The Little Humpbacked Horse, Leningrad Symphony, The Young Lady and the Hooligan, The Nose, Paquita, Daphnis et Chloé, Schéhérazade, Le Parc, Pierrot lunaire, Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, Russian Overture, Russian Overture, L’Après-midi d’un faune, Marguerite and Armand, Le Spectre de la rose, The Swan, Symphony in C, Clay, Le Bœuf sur le toit, Infra, Le Carnaval, Concerto DSCH, Porcelain and Concerto for Contrabass, Violin Concerto No. 2, Push Comes to Shove

His video recordings with the Mariinsky Ballet include Don Quixote (for Mezzo) and Shurale. He also collaborates with Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet and conducts its final graduation performances at the Mariinsky. In October 2023 he lead the largest largest tour to China in the history of the Mariinsky Ballet.