Sinaisky studied conducting with
Ilya Musin at the
Leningrad Conservatory and began his career as assistant to
Kirill Kondrashin at the
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Sinaisky was Chief Conductor of the
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1989. He served as music director and principal conductor of the
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra from 1991 to 1996. He has also held the post of principal guest conductor of the
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. Sinaisky was principal guest conductor of the
BBC Philharmonic from 1996 until January 2012. Sinaisky has made several recordings with the
BBC Philharmonic for
Chandos, including works by
Karol Szymanowski,
Rodion Shchedrin,
Mily Balakirev,
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and
Franz Schreker, as well as a series of recordings of
Dmitri Shostakovich's film music. Sinaisky now has the title of conductor emeritus with the BBC Philharmonic. Sinaisky was principal conductor of the
Malmö Symphony Orchestra from January 2007 through the 2010-2011 season. With the Malmö orchestra, he has conducted commercial recordings for the
Naxos label, including music of
Franz Schmidt. He became Conductor in Residence at the
Bolshoi Theatre with the 2009-2010 season. In August 2010, he was named the Bolshoi's music director and chief conductor. In December 2013, Sinaisky resigned his posts with the Bolshoi Theatre, with immediate effect. In December 2018, Sinaisky first guest-conducted the
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. He returned for a second guest-conducting engagement at the start of the 2019-2020 season. In April 2020, the orchestra announced the appointment of Sinaisky as its next chief conductor, effective with the 2020-2021 season. Sinaisky concluded his chief conductorship of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra at the close of the 2023-2024 season. ==Recordings==