To the conductor of the Krasnoyarsk state opera and ballet theatre Alexander Kosinsky the rank of the honored artist of Russia is given.

Alexander Khrisanfovich is the famous figure of the Krasnoyarsk culture, the teacher who has brought up not one generation of opera singers. He has arrived to our city nearly 40 years ago to open together with the same young people and ambitious singers, musicians, directors opera and ballet theatre in Siberia.

More than one thousand performances, more than sixty opera and ballet statements, tens of concert programs have taken place under the musical guide of the maestro.

"Very much it is pleasant to watch his work, how from his hands music is born, fascinates, envelops and immerses in the world of romanticism and passions. The feeling that music lives in him always and he is constant in it: on the scene, on rehearsals, at lessons with the students. There have passed many years, and he doesn't change, is still harmonous, intelligent, sustained, charming and faithful to the business. Each performance of opera theatre with his participation is a holiday for soul", – so speak of the maestro the judges of his creativity.

The staff of the Krasnoyarsk state opera and ballet theatre sincerely congratulates Alexander Khrisanfovich on the deserved rank! We wish health, inexhaustible energy and new creative fulfillments!