“Our good fortune to have such an inspiring young conductor as Maestro Farkhad Khudyev. Amen!”

May 14th, 2018 - "One of the most successful works on the afternoon’s program was a performance of Samuel Barber’s Overture to “The School for Scandal.” This difficult score was brilliantly rendered with dazzling performances by the strings, winds, brass and percussion sections. Also outstanding was a performance of “Romance”…

Khudyev is invited back to conduct China’s Xi’an Symphony Orchestra in 2019!

June 19th, 2018 -  After a very successful debut with China's Xi'an Symphony Orchestra, Farkhad Khudyev is invited back to conduct a performance with the orchestra and the cello soloist from Germany, Nicholas Altstaedt. (www.nicolas-altstaedt.com) The concert will happen on July 27th, 2019, at the Shaanxi Performing Arts Center in Xi'an,…

Farkhad Khudyev is invited to participate at the prestigious 2018 Nikolai Malko International Conducting Competition in Denmark!

January 28th, 2018 - Farkhad Khudyev is invited to participate at the prestigious 2018 Nikolai Malko International Conducting Competition in Copenhagen, Denmark. There were 566 applicants from around the world, and only 24 conductors were chosen to participate in the competition. The event will be hosted by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra…

Khudyev is invited to work as the Assistant Conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

May 12th, 2017- Farkhad Khudyev is invited to work with the London Philharmonic Orchestra as the Assistant Conductor to Maestro Vladimir Jurowski. The soloists for the concerts are renowned Richard Goode and Jan Vogler. The programs are: September 27th, 2017 Britten – Cello Symphony (Jan Vogler, cello) Silvestrov – Symphony No.…

“A stunning performance of “Scheherazade” that wowed the audience to an instantaneous standing ovation…”

February 27, 2017 - "A STANDING ROOM ONLY audience for “Exoticism in Music” concert at Carmel’s Sunset Center on Sunday was all the more conspicuous by who wasn’t there than by who was. Music director Farkhad Khudyev just took third prize at the Georg Solti International Conducting Competition in Germany, and watching his…

Farkhad Khudyev wins the 3rd prize at the 2017 International Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition in Frankfurt, Germany!

February 16, 2017 - The 2017 International Sir Georg Solti Conducting Competition included 300 applicants from 58 countries. Maestro Khudyev won the 3rd prize and conducted the performance  with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra at the historical Alte Oper Frankfurt Große Saal (Old Frankfurt Opera Grand Hall). The judges were conductors…

Khudyev is featured in the Herald!

February 23, 2017 - "Khudyev has dazzled this community in recent years with his leadership, his extraordinary conducting skills and his finesse as a composer. We are fortunate this brilliant young conductor chooses to bring his musical gifts to the young people and audiences on our Central Coast". http://www.montereyherald.com

Farkhad Khudyev conducts a concert with YMM Orchestras and the guest soloist Elizabeth Koch Tiscione (Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)

Khudyev, who is charming and charismatic, told me about  oboist, Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, from the Atlanta Symphony, who would appear at this concert as soloist for the Mozart Oboe Concerto K314. To say she was a revelation would be understatement. Her playing was flawless and virtuosic. Conductor Khudyev kept everyone well…

“In Khudyev’s hands, symphony gives a powerful performance…”

This much-anticipated February program opened with the short, powerful and astounding world premiere of Khudyev’s “The Sounds of Eternity.” Both an intimate musical self-portrait and an unflinching reflection of the human condition, this composition weaves together elements of Khudyev’s childhood growing up in Central Asia’s Turkmenistan with a transcendental message…