Stepan Armasar

Born in 2000, he received his musical education at the Secondary Special Music School of the St Petersburg State Conservatory and later continued his studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory. During his student years, he became a laureate of several international competitions, including the Coupe Mondiale (Italy, 2017) and the Trophée Mondiale (France, 2017). During the same period, he was awarded the Cultural Initiatives Prize by Maestro Yuri Temirkanov.

In 2025, Stepan Armasar was awarded First Prize and the Audience Prize at the Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition — one of the major conducting competitions with a long tradition.

From the 2026/27 season, Stepan Armasar has been appointed Bernard Haitink Associate Conductor with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra for two seasons — 2026/27 and 2027/28. In this role, he will work with Klaus Mäkelä and other leading conductors, and in the second half of the 2027/28 season he will lead his own programme with the orchestra and conduct several subscription concerts.

As a performer, he appeared extensively across Europe, giving concerts in Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, Liechtenstein, and Germany, and regularly took part in international festivals including Kissinger Sommer, Classic Festival (Bad Ragaz, Switzerland), and others.

As a conductor, he has collaborated with various orchestras in Russia and abroad, including the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of Teatro Massimo Bellini, the Concert Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra, and other ensembles.

Since 2026, he has been collaborating with one of the world's leading international artist management agencies, Askonas Holt.

Stepan Armasar's international career continues to develop, with new projects and debuts with European orchestras ahead.

April 2026