Sponsored by Valery Gergiev, he made his debut as a conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2007 with The Marriage of Figaro and as a symphonic conductor in the Mariinsky’s new concert hall. Since then, he has been a regular guest conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre and the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, as well as the St. Petersburg Symphony and other orchestras in the city.

After completing advanced piano studies in Madrid (RCSMM), he pursued postgraduate studies in Manchester (RNCM) and Cleveland (CIM). He then moved to St. Petersburg, where he studied symphonic conducting with Ilya Musin and opera conducting with Margarita Heifetz at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory.

He served as Associate Conductor of the Hermitage Orchestra of St. Petersburg from 1998 to 2008 and as Principal Conductor of the Lviv State Symphony Orchestra INSO (Ukraine) from 2010 to 2012. Since 2012, he has been the Artistic Director of the New York Opera Society.

In the symphonic realm, he has conducted most of the major Spanish orchestras, as well as others such as the Mariinsky Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony, Novaya Rossiya Symphony, Lithuanian National Orchestra, Taipei Symphony, Slovak Philharmonic, Prague Symphony (FOK), Danubia Zenekar of Budapest, Tapiola Sinfonietta, Oulu Symphony (Finland), Buenos Aires Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Bari Metropolitan Orchestra, Claudio Santoro Orchestra of the National Theatre of Brasilia, Minas Gerais Symphony, Kaunas Symphony, Poznan Grand Theatre Orchestra (Poland), University of São Paulo Orchestra (OSUSP), Macedonian National Orchestra, Seto Symphony (Japan), University of Tokyo Orchestra, Lazio Regional Orchestra, Grosseto Symphony (Italy), Yaroslavl Symphony, Moscow Virtuosi, Andorra National Orchestra, and many others.

As an opera conductor, he has directed Faust, The Marriage of Figaro, The Barber of Seville, Rigoletto, La Scala di Seta, Boris Godunov, Falstaff, The Tree of Diana, Eugene Onegin, The Daughter of the Regiment, Madama Butterfly, Glaura and Cariolano, Las horas vacías (Ricardo Llorca), Everardo II Re di Lituania by João Sousa Carvalho, Las cartas de Van Gogh, the zarzuela La del soto del Parral, and the world premieres of El ahijado de la muerte by Wilfred Junge (Chile), La Dulcinea de Don Quijote by Agustín Castilla-Ávila (Germany), Tres sombreros de copa by Ricardo Llorca (Brazil), and Lilith luna negra (Úbeda) by David del Puerto. He is a close collaborator with the latter two composers on multiple projects.

In 2013, he was honored with the “100 Spaniards” award for promoting the “Spain” brand abroad. That same year, he received the Ciurlionis Foundation Award in Lithuania for his career and promotion of the country’s musical heritage.

With a strong interest in contemporary music, he founded and directed the Tardes de España Festival for 18 editions, bringing a wide array of Spanish contemporary music and some of the country’s most prominent performers to St. Petersburg. The festival premiered over twenty orchestral works and featured music by 51 Spanish composers.

As a composer, he has premiered symphonic and piano works in countries such as Spain, Russia, the USA, Germany, and Ethiopia. He is a member of the Spanish Society of Authors and has served as a jury member at the Sochi Composition Competition (Russia) in 2015 and 2016. In 2021, his Toccata was premiered at the Briols Festival (France) by Armenian pianist Sofia Melikian, and his work El rayo que no cesa, based on the poem by Miguel Hernández, was performed in Salobreña by baritone Alfredo García, mezzo-soprano Joana Thomé da Silva, and pianist Rosa Torres-Pardo.

He has been an orchestra professor at several Spanish conservatories and has given masterclasses in orchestral conducting at the University of Belo Horizonte (Brazil).

Since 2014, he has collaborated as a guest conductor at various festivals organized by Yuri Bashmet, held in cities across Russia with different orchestras, including the Russian National Youth Orchestra, with which he closed the 2018 festival.

He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Alborada Clásica Festival in Salobreña, which features masterclasses, concerts, and a competition for young talents.

In June 2021, he successfully conducted Ricardo Llorca’s opera Las horas vacías in Klaipėda (Lithuania) and later in a new production at the Teatro Real in Madrid, as well as several revivals of David del Puerto’s Lilith luna negra at the Fundación March and the Little Opera Festival in Zamora.

Recently, he premiered Ricardo Llorca’s oratorio Oficio de caminantes with the Royal Galician Philharmonic. Upcoming projects include concerts in Romania, Lithuania, and Brazil, as well as the staging of his chamber opera Malcolm X, a Portrait.

Sponsored by Valery Gergiev, Alexis made his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in 2007 with The Marriage of Figaro and has since established himself as a regular guest conductor with prestigious international orchestras. Trained in piano in Madrid and conducting in Manchester, Cleveland, and St. Petersburg, he has led orchestras such as the St. Petersburg Symphony and the Royal Galician Philharmonic. As an opera conductor, he has directed notable productions and world premieres. Recognized with awards such as “100 Spaniards” and the Ciurlionis Foundation Award, he is also a composer and founder of festivals like Tardes de España and Alborada Clásica. Currently, he serves as Artistic Director of the New York Opera Society and continues to expand his impact on the international classical music scene.