In 1998, Eugene Sirotkine joined the Hudson Valley Singers as Music Director, bringing a renewed vitality and enthusiasm to the group. In previous seasons with the Singers, he has directed works by Berlioz, Grechaninov, Handel, Howells, Mozart, Orff, Rachmaninoff and Schnittke, as well as his own composition, Omnia Vincit Amor.

Now in his fourth season as Assistant Chorusmaster at the Metropolitan Opera, Eugene Sirotkine is also the Music Director of the much-acclaimed New York Metamorphoses Orchestra (which he established in 1994).

In the 1999-2000 concert season, Mr. Sirotkine made his debut with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, collaborated with mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina, and conducted the Metamorphoses Orchestra in New York performances including Bach's Mass in B Minor, and the music of Alfred Schnittke, Henri Dutilleux and the New Viennese School.

He has conducted the Kennedy Center Orchestra in Washington, D.C., and his own Metamorphoses Orchestra at New York's City Center for a season of collaboration with the Paul Taylor Dance Company. He has also been the Music Director of the Advent Series in Manhattan and has conducted a concert series at the New York Masonic Hall devoted to Bartok, Sibelius, Mozart and Berlioz.

Born in St. Petersburg, Eugene Sirotkine began his musical studies in the Glinka Choir College. Upon graduating as Chorus Master at the age of 18, he continued his studies at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, where he majored in both choral and orchestral conducting and went on to win First Prize at the Riga International Conducting Competition.