Honored to be at the jury of the Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition in New York. A prestigious competition for young talented opera singers living in the United States. The winner of the 2019 competition was the fabulous mezzo-soprano Olivia Vote.

Christmas joy with Händel’s Messiah! Sønderjllands Symfoniorkester, Filharmonisk Kor and a great team of soloists in Sønderborg, Denmark

La Clemenza di Tito for the first time performed performed at Mariinsky Theatre St Petersburg

3 Sold out evenings with Grammy award winning Metropole orchestra, Netherlands Concertchorus to perform famous filmscores of Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Hans Zimmer and others….

Gershwin/Bernstein tribute with the Netherlands Philharmonic, Sir Willard White, Karin Strobos, Kelebogile Bokanyo and others

Vincent will be the new chairman of the Dutch AVROTROS TV series ‘Maestro’. A highly popular TV show, every Sunday night watched by 2 million viewers, to promote classical music

What an exciting way to start the season 2015/16! Open Air concert in the harbor of Gorinchem. With Philharmonie Zuid Nederland and mezzo soprano Karin Strobos

Debut at the Bolshoi. 75th Birthday gala for Vladimir Vasiliev, legendary danser and former artistic and general director of the Bolshoi.

Together with composer Jonathan Dove after the premiere of his compelling opera ‘Siren Song’ at Opera Hawaii in Honolulu. Hawaii Symphony Orchestra together with an amazing cast

Having a wonderful time in beautiful Vilnius at the Lithuanian National Opera. Great cast and very stylish opera orchestra.

New York Marathon!! My 12th marathon! Started running marathons after I saw the film ‘The Bucket List’ with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman

Debut with the Izmir State Symphony Orchestra with Beethoven’s 7th Symphony.

Debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg invited by Valery Gergiev

Premiere ‘L’Elisir d’amore’ to open the Sjaliapin Festival in Kazan! New production by the celebrated stage director Yuri Alexandrov for the Tatarstan State Opera.

Having a fabulous time in beautiful Stockholm. Great production and wonderful cast. What a pleasure!

Aida in Johannesburg. Exciting production by Laurence Dale. With Indra Thomas, Violina Angelov, Kelebogile Bokanyo and others

Opening night of the Festival d’Evian in an all Russian program with Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. Soloist was the Russian star pianist Nicolai Tokarev

In 1997 I had the privilege of studying with the legendary Ilya Musin, teacher of Yuri Temirkanov, Valery Gergiev and Semyon Bychkov at the Rimsky Korsakov Conservatory in St Petersburg.