Trained mostly in Russia, conductor and keyboardist Maxim Emelyanychev is a star among his generation of Russian musicians. As a conductor, he is equally expert in mainstream repertory and historically oriented performance. By age 12, Emelyanychev was conducting professionall. He joined the period-instrument group Il Pomo d'Oro in 2011 and became its conductor in 2016, often leading keyboard concertos from the keyboard. He made his recording debut in 2015, backing countertenor Max Emanuel Cencic on the album Arie Napoletane. Emelyanychev has conducted a steadily growing group of symphony orchestras, including the Veritas Youth Orchestra. In 2019, he was named the principal conductor of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. In 2022, Il Pomo d'Oro was heard on mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato's album Eden. In 2023, Emelyanychev and Il Pomo d'Oro began a new cycle of Mozart symphonies with the album Mozart Symphonies -- The Beginning and the End.