Teodor Currentzis is the Artistic Director of the Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre and the founder; Artistic Director of the period instrument ensemble Musica Aeterna and of the chamber choir the New Siberian Singers, both formed in 2004, during his tenure as Music Director of the Novosibirsk State Opera and Orchestra (2004-2010) and Principal Guest of SWR Baden-Baden.

Highlights of the 2011/12 seasons and 12/13 include Teodor’s returns to the Mahler Chamber Orchestra for concerts on tour in Germany and Poland; NDR Hamburg; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Bregenz Festival with the Vienna Symphony and his debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Salzburg Mozartwoche.

As an opera conductor, in the next seasons, Teodor will make his debut in Zurich Opera with Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Royal Opera Covent Garden and with Madrid Opera where he will perform each season.

Following his successful debut at Paris Opera in 2008, Teodor returned in 2009 with a critically acclaimed production of Verdi's Macbeth directed by Dmitry Tcherniakov.  In spring 2010, he made a successful debut at the International Festival Baden-Baden with a new production of Bizet's Carmen, directing the Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra and returned in January 2011 for the premiere of Cosi fan tutte, directed by Philippe Himmelmann.  In summer 2010, he conducted the premiere of Weinberg's The Passenger at the Bregenz Festival with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.In 2009, Teodor made his debut at the Bolshoi Theatre, with a new production of Berg's Wozzeck. He returned there in autumn 2010 for the premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni and throughout the 2010/11 season for revival performances of both productions. Through his work in Novosibirsk, at the Bolshoi, and now in Perm, he is increasingly gaining international recognition as one of the most influential conductors in Russia. He conducts all of the major Russian orchestras including the Russian National Orchestra, the New Russia Symphony Orchestra and the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra of Vladimir Spivakov with whom he holds the post of 'Permanent Conductor'.

Musica Aeterna, created by Teodor during his time in Novosibirsk, has now moved to Perm where it has been granted the status of first orchestra of the Perm State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The New Siberian Singers are likewise relocating to Perm. In recent seasons, the orchestra have made their debut at the International Festival Baden-Baden, Bregenz Festival, Vienna Konzerthaus and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam with plans to go to Berlin, Paris and London in the coming years. They have an exclusive recording contract with Alpha Records and their most recent release, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 14, has already been well received. Their first recording, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, was released last year and continues to garner excellent reviews. Musica Aeterna will release Mozart's Requiem on Alfa in March 2011.

In 2006, combining his knowledge and passion for early music with contemporary composers and new music, Teodor started the Territoria Modern Art Festival, which in a short space of time has become the most prestigious and progressive annual music festival in Moscow.

Teodor has twice received the prestigious Russian "Golden Mask" theatrical award: for "brilliant performance of Prokofiev's score" (Cinderella, 2007) and for "outstanding results in the area of authentic performance" (The Marriage of Figaro, 2008).

Born in Greece, Russia has become Teodor's home since the beginning of the 1990s, when he began studying conducting at the state conservatory of St. Petersburg, under the tutelage of Professor Ilya Musin, whose pupils, among others, were renowned conductors Odyseuss Dimitriadis, Valery Gergiev, and Semyon Bychkov.