Alevtina Ioffe

Born in Moscow, Alevtina Ioffe studied choral conducting, classical vocal and piano at the Moscow State Conservatory, where she also attended post-graduate programme in the class of opera and symphonic conducting held by Professor Vladimir Ponkin.

For a decade, between 2011 and 2021, Alevtina Ioffe was Music Director of The State Opera and Ballet Theatre for Young Audience «Natalia Sats» in Moscow, where she has experienced a significant number of educational projects and developed a vast symphonic and operatic repertoire; between February 2021 and July 2022 she has also been Music Director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, the first women to lead an important musical institution in Russia.

Since the beginning of the 25/25 season, Alevtina Ioffe has been the new Chief Conductor of the Bern Opera. Since 2018, she has been a frequent guest of the Staatsballett Berlin, conducting Patrice Bart's Swan Lake.