Leonid Sirotkin is a musician of versatile interests and accomplishments. As an
orchestral player, he is Principal Oboe of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and
English Horn player for Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. A native of St. Petersburg,
Russia, he served for almost a decade as principal English Horn with the Kirov Opera
and Symphony Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theater under Maestro Valery Gergiev. In
the U.S., Mr. Sirotkin has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and
toured with the CSO to Japan and Europe. He is featured in dozens of recordings with
Mariinsky Orchestra on Philips Classics label and CSO recordings on Telarc. He has
also performed with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic and
Colorado Springs Philharmonic.
As a pedagogue, Professor Sirotkin teaches students at the School of Music at DePauw
University. He also maintains a private oboe studio.
An avid chamber musician, he has appeared at numerous festivals including the Kuhmo
International Chamber Music Festival in Finland, Kostamuksha Music Festival and
Togliatti International Music Festival in Russia and the Lucca Music Festival in Italy.
Leonid is an active music arranger and entrepreneur. His arrangements are performed
nationwide and abroad. As an entrepreneur, he organized numerous performances and
is co-founder of the Benefic Chamber Music Camp in Muncie, IN.
In 2010, he was featured in performance on the American Public Media radio
program Performance Today. In 2000, he published the book Orchestral Excerpts for
Oboe and English Horn from Operas and Ballets by Tchaikovsky.
Leonid resides in Indianapolis with his wife Lily, is a cat lover and an avid mountain
biker.