Maksim Andreenkov

Maksim Andreenkov was born in Kazakhstan, where he began his musical career as an accordionist. His further artistic training took him to Russia, where he studied singing at the Galina Vishnevskaya College. He gained his first stage experience whilst still a student, taking on roles including Peter in Carl Orff’s *Der Mond* and the Father in Humperdinck’s *Hansel and Gretel*. With the college, he also made guest appearances in the musical *Save the Drowned* and in the operetta *The Wind of Freedom* as Philip.

In 2018, he continued his vocal training at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in Moscow in Vladislav Pyavko’s class. In addition, he took part in masterclasses led by renowned opera artists, including Thomas Hampson, Barbara Frittoli, James Garnon, Paul Curran, Mario Diaz, Sebastian Schwarz, Dmitry Vdovin, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Mauro Trombetta and Dmitry Bertman.

At the start of his professional career, Andreenkov worked with the Pokrovsky Chamber Music Theatre, the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, the Bolshoi Theatre and the Stanislavsky Theatre. With the Stanislavsky Theatre, he made a guest appearance at the Grand Theatre of Shanghai in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. In 2020, he was accepted into the Helikon Opera Theatre’s youth opera programme. His roles in Moscow include, amongst others, Escamillo in Bizet’s *Carmen* and Nardo in Mozart’s *La finta giardiniera*.

Maksim Andreenkov has been appearing on European stages since 2022. He made his European debut as Sonora in Puccini’s *La fanciulla del West* at the Theater Hagen. At the Cologne University of Music and Dance, he sang the title role in Cimarosa’s *Re Teodoro in Venezia* and Don Artabano in *Le trame deluse*. At the Rheinsberg Festival, he took on the role of Jarbe in Piccini’s *Dido*.

In 2025, he made his debut at the Verbier Festival as Betto in Puccini’s *Gianni Schicchi* and as the Captain and Sarezki in Tchaikovsky’s *Eugene Onegin*. At the Musiktheater im Revier, he has previously appeared as Padre in Adam Guettel’s musical *Licht auf der Piazza*, as Pedro (the mule driver) in *Der Mann von La Mancha*, and as Maestro Spinelloccio (the doctor) in Puccini’s *Gianni Schicchi*.