From: Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
Until 2022 Maria Benyumova worked as a conductor and choral director at Theater Krefeld and Mönchengladbach. As a guest conductor and music promoter she conducted concerts with Jena Philharmonic, New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia, and Beethoven Orchestra Bonn. Maria is part of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (2023/24), Mentee Conductor of the TAKI Alsop Conducting Fellowship (2022/23), and Conducting Fellow of the Carlos Miguel Prieto Conducting Fellowship (2023). She has worked with Choir Komische Oper Berlin, RIAS Chamber Choir, NDR Choir, and Bavarian Radio Choir. Maria has been sponsored by the Conductors’ Forum of the German Music Council, the Bavarian Radio Choir Forum, the Alfred Toepfer Foundation, and the Liselotte- Klein-Foundation.