BIOGRAPHY
Maksim Andreenkov was born in Kazakhstan.
His first steps in music began with the accordion, an instrument that quickly revealed his talent and passion. He took part in numerous competitions and concerts, including performances as part of a folk instrument trio organized by his teacher, Vladimir Khovansky. After completing seven years of accordion studies, Maksim chose not to leave music behind but to expand his artistic horizons by studying vocals. This transition was eased by the fact that his teacher also possessed deep vocal expertise.
One of his earliest significant achievements came with the recording of the radio drama Viy, based on Gogol’s novella, where Maksim performed the role of Viy himself—thanks to his naturally deep bass voice, already remarkable at a young age.
His musical education continued with vocal studies under Vladimir Ivanovich Khovansky. After completing his secondary education, he initially studied at Moscow Polytechnic University. In 2014, he continued his artistic training at the Galina Vishnevskaya College of Music and Theatre Arts in Moscow, where he studied voice in the class of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Vladimir Petrovich Sukhonos.
Already during his studies, Andreenkov gained extensive stage experience. In 2015, he made his debut as Petrus in Carl Orff’s Der Mond at the Pokrovsky Chamber Opera Theatre in Moscow. At the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, he performed the role of the Father in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. With the Galina Vishnevskaya College, he also appeared in the musical Rette den Ertrunkenen, with music by Mikael Tariverdiev, as well as in Dunaevsky’s operetta The Wind of Liberty, in which he performed the role of Philip.
Alongside his studies, Andreenkov worked with various renowned Moscow music theatre institutions. From 2018 to 2020, he was engaged at the Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. In 2019, he appeared with the Stanislavsky Theatre at the Grand Theatre of Shanghai in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
In 2018, Andreenkov continued his vocal studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Vladislav Piavko. In the same year, he took part in the Yuri Bashmet Winter Academy.
Also in 2018, Andreenkov participated in the International Festival of Russian Music in Novara, Italy.
Andreenkov complemented his musical education through numerous masterclasses with internationally renowned singers, conductors, directors and opera pedagogues. The documented masters and artists with whom he worked include Dmitry Vdovin, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Mauro Trombetta, Dmitry Bertman, Alessandro Svab, Mario Diaz and Makvala Kasrashvili.
From 2020 to 2021, Andreenkov completed further training in the Young Artist Program of the Helikon-Opera Theatre in Moscow. There, he performed, among other roles, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen and Nardo in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera.
In February 2022, Andreenkov left Russia and continued his artistic career in Europe. In the same year, he made his European opera debut as Sonora in Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West at Theater Hagen. In 2022, he also received a scholarship from the Kunststiftung NRW.
In 2023, he performed the title role in Giovanni Paisiello’s Re Teodoro in Venezia at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and appeared as a guest at Theater Bonn in Arnold Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron. In the same year, he also performed at the Andernacher Musiktage as part of RheinVokal.
In 2024, Andreenkov sang Don Artabano in Domenico Cimarosa’s Le trame deluse at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. At the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Festival, he performed the role of Iarbe in Niccolò Piccinni’s Dido. He was also among the prizewinners of the International Singing Competition of Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and performed at the prizewinners’ gala.
In 2025, Andreenkov was selected as one of 16 singers for the Verbier Festival Academy – Atelier Lyrique in Switzerland. As part of the programme, he worked in vocal coaching sessions and masterclasses with James Baillieu, Caroline Dowdle, Tim Carroll, James Gaffigan, Ken Noda, James Garnon, Thomas Hampson, Véronique Gens, Stanislav Kochanovsky and Alexandre Naoumenko.
At the Verbier Festival 2025, Andreenkov sang the role of Betto di Signa in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. In Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, he performed the roles of Zaretsky and the Captain. The Atelier Lyrique production was presented on 3 August 2025 at the Salle des Combins under the musical direction of Stanislav Kochanovsky and the stage direction of Tim Carroll.
At Musiktheater im Revier, Andreenkov sang Padre in Adam Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza, Pedro in Man of La Mancha and Maestro Spinelloccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. For the 2026/27 season, he is announced as Cesare Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca.
His first steps in music began with the accordion, an instrument that quickly revealed his talent and passion. He took part in numerous competitions and concerts, including performances as part of a folk instrument trio organized by his teacher, Vladimir Khovansky. After completing seven years of accordion studies, Maksim chose not to leave music behind but to expand his artistic horizons by studying vocals. This transition was eased by the fact that his teacher also possessed deep vocal expertise.
One of his earliest significant achievements came with the recording of the radio drama Viy, based on Gogol’s novella, where Maksim performed the role of Viy himself—thanks to his naturally deep bass voice, already remarkable at a young age.
His musical education continued with vocal studies under Vladimir Ivanovich Khovansky. After completing his secondary education, he initially studied at Moscow Polytechnic University. In 2014, he continued his artistic training at the Galina Vishnevskaya College of Music and Theatre Arts in Moscow, where he studied voice in the class of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Vladimir Petrovich Sukhonos.
Already during his studies, Andreenkov gained extensive stage experience. In 2015, he made his debut as Petrus in Carl Orff’s Der Mond at the Pokrovsky Chamber Opera Theatre in Moscow. At the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre, he performed the role of the Father in Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel. With the Galina Vishnevskaya College, he also appeared in the musical Rette den Ertrunkenen, with music by Mikael Tariverdiev, as well as in Dunaevsky’s operetta The Wind of Liberty, in which he performed the role of Philip.
Alongside his studies, Andreenkov worked with various renowned Moscow music theatre institutions. From 2018 to 2020, he was engaged at the Chamber Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre. In 2019, he appeared with the Stanislavsky Theatre at the Grand Theatre of Shanghai in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin.
In 2018, Andreenkov continued his vocal studies at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Vladislav Piavko. In the same year, he took part in the Yuri Bashmet Winter Academy.
Also in 2018, Andreenkov participated in the International Festival of Russian Music in Novara, Italy.
Andreenkov complemented his musical education through numerous masterclasses with internationally renowned singers, conductors, directors and opera pedagogues. The documented masters and artists with whom he worked include Dmitry Vdovin, Ramón Vargas, Ildar Abdrazakov, Mauro Trombetta, Dmitry Bertman, Alessandro Svab, Mario Diaz and Makvala Kasrashvili.
From 2020 to 2021, Andreenkov completed further training in the Young Artist Program of the Helikon-Opera Theatre in Moscow. There, he performed, among other roles, Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen and Nardo in Mozart’s La finta giardiniera.
In February 2022, Andreenkov left Russia and continued his artistic career in Europe. In the same year, he made his European opera debut as Sonora in Giacomo Puccini’s La fanciulla del West at Theater Hagen. In 2022, he also received a scholarship from the Kunststiftung NRW.
In 2023, he performed the title role in Giovanni Paisiello’s Re Teodoro in Venezia at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln and appeared as a guest at Theater Bonn in Arnold Schoenberg’s Moses und Aron. In the same year, he also performed at the Andernacher Musiktage as part of RheinVokal.
In 2024, Andreenkov sang Don Artabano in Domenico Cimarosa’s Le trame deluse at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. At the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg Festival, he performed the role of Iarbe in Niccolò Piccinni’s Dido. He was also among the prizewinners of the International Singing Competition of Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg and performed at the prizewinners’ gala.
In 2025, Andreenkov was selected as one of 16 singers for the Verbier Festival Academy – Atelier Lyrique in Switzerland. As part of the programme, he worked in vocal coaching sessions and masterclasses with James Baillieu, Caroline Dowdle, Tim Carroll, James Gaffigan, Ken Noda, James Garnon, Thomas Hampson, Véronique Gens, Stanislav Kochanovsky and Alexandre Naoumenko.
At the Verbier Festival 2025, Andreenkov sang the role of Betto di Signa in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. In Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, he performed the roles of Zaretsky and the Captain. The Atelier Lyrique production was presented on 3 August 2025 at the Salle des Combins under the musical direction of Stanislav Kochanovsky and the stage direction of Tim Carroll.
At Musiktheater im Revier, Andreenkov sang Padre in Adam Guettel’s The Light in the Piazza, Pedro in Man of La Mancha and Maestro Spinelloccio in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi. For the 2026/27 season, he is announced as Cesare Angelotti in Puccini’s Tosca.
Dido, Piccini
Rheinsberg, Germany, 2024
Le Trame Deluse, Cimarosa
HfMT Köln , 2024
La fanciulla del West, Puccini
Theater Hagen, Germany, 2022
Carmen, Bizet
Helikon-Opera, Moscow, Russia, 2021
La finta Giardiniera, Mozart
Helikon-Opera, Moscow, Russia, 2021
Helikon-Opera, Moscow, Russia, 2021
Helikon-Opera, Moscow, Russia, 2021
Helikon-Opera, Moscow, Russia, 2020
Bolshoi Theatre, 2020
Bolshoi Theatre, 2020
Bolshoi Theatre, 2019
Bolshoi Theatre, 2019
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A play based on the novel by Márquez. KMTI, 2018
Der Mond, K.Orff
Theater Pokrovsky Opera, 2015
Wind of liberty
Dunaevsky, Moscow, 2017
Der Zigeunerbaron
Strauss, 2017
Anna Snegina
Agafonnikov, KMTI Vishnevskaya, 2016
Afghanistan
Musical performance, 2015
Theaters
Bolshoi Theater, Russia.Moscow
Helikon-Opera Theater, Russia.Moscow
Theater Hagen, Germany
Theater Bonn, Germany
Theater im Revier, Germany
Teatro Faraggiano, Italy.Novara
Grand Theater Schanghai, China
Helikon-Opera Theater, Russia.Moscow
Theater Hagen, Germany
Theater Bonn, Germany
Theater im Revier, Germany
Teatro Faraggiano, Italy.Novara
Grand Theater Schanghai, China
Roles
Bizet «Carmen» - Escamilio / Morales
Puccini «La fanciulla del West» - Sonora
Puccini «Tosca» - Angelotti
Mozart «La finta giardiniera» - Nardo
Mozart «Don Giovanni» - Don Giovanni \ Mazetto
Cimarosa «Le trame deluse» - Don Artabano
Paisiello «Il Re Teodoro in Venezia» - Teodoro
Piccini «Dido» - Jarbe
Rakhmaninov «Aleko» - Aleko
Tchaikovsky «Eugene Onegin» - Zaretsky \ A Captain
Humperdinck «Hänsel und Gretel» - Peter (rus.) (2016-2018)
Dunayevsky «The Wind of Liberty» - Filipp (2016-2017)
K. Orff «Der Mond» - Petrus (2015-2016)
etc.
Puccini «La fanciulla del West» - Sonora
Puccini «Tosca» - Angelotti
Mozart «La finta giardiniera» - Nardo
Mozart «Don Giovanni» - Don Giovanni \ Mazetto
Cimarosa «Le trame deluse» - Don Artabano
Paisiello «Il Re Teodoro in Venezia» - Teodoro
Piccini «Dido» - Jarbe
Rakhmaninov «Aleko» - Aleko
Tchaikovsky «Eugene Onegin» - Zaretsky \ A Captain
Humperdinck «Hänsel und Gretel» - Peter (rus.) (2016-2018)
Dunayevsky «The Wind of Liberty» - Filipp (2016-2017)
K. Orff «Der Mond» - Petrus (2015-2016)
etc.
Coaches
Kai Wesssel
Dmitriy Vdovin
Vladislav Piavko
Thomas Hampson
Barbara Frittoli
James Garnon
Mauro Trombetta
Dmitry Bertman
Ramon Vargas
Ildar Abdrazakov
Alessandro Svab
Paul Curran
Mario Diaz
Sebastian Schwarz
Brenda Hurley
Dmitriy Vdovin
Vladislav Piavko
Thomas Hampson
Barbara Frittoli
James Garnon
Mauro Trombetta
Dmitry Bertman
Ramon Vargas
Ildar Abdrazakov
Alessandro Svab
Paul Curran
Mario Diaz
Sebastian Schwarz
Brenda Hurley
Contact:
andreenkoff.m@gmail.com
Germany,
Köln
Köln
Appreciation for help
