Vitaly Polonsky is a graduate of the Glinka Novosibirsk State Conservatory, and has worked with Teodor Currentzis since 2003.
He is the principal chorus master of the musicAeterna Choir, which was named Choir of the Year at the International Opera Awards in 2018. The choir made its debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2015 and at the Ruhrtriennale in Bochum in 2016, and in 2017 gave its first performance at the Salzburg Festival, where it has since regularly returned.
Since 2023 Vitaly Polonsky has also been the principal chorus master of the Utopia Choir, which performs with the Utopia Orchestra under the direction of Teodor Currentzis. Since 2024 he has also been the principal chorus master of the Youth Festival Choir of the Diaghilev Festival in Perm.
His repertory embraces compositions of various styles and eras, including Baroque works, masterpieces of Russian choral music from the 18th to the 20th century, and operas and vocal works by contemporary composers.
In the field of opera, Vitaly Polonsky has worked as a chorus director for productions by directors such as Peter Sellars, Robert Wilson and Romeo Castellucci. As a conductor he regularly gives concerts with the musicAeterna Choir and chamber groups derived from it at the Hermitage and other museums and in major concert venues in St Petersburg and Moscow.
