Alexander Anissimov was a regular guest in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theatre, in Leningrad at the Kirov Opera and also in Novosibirsk, Kazan, Novgorod, Vilnius and Riga. At the Kirov he conducted all the principal works in the repertoire of opera and ballet and a new production of Madame Butterfly, as well as concerts with the Symphony Orchestra of the Kirov Opera.
In 1995 he began a period as principal guest conductor with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducting many concerts throughout the season in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, and on regular national tours to other cities in Ireland and the debut of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In the period 1994-1998 he recorded 8 CDs for NAXOS with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the nine symphonies of Glazunov, all the ballets including Raymonda and the choral symphony The Bells.
He made his debut at Paris Bastille Opera, conducting Tchaikovsky's Evgeniy Onegin, and the ballet Balanchine-Tchaikovsky and Raymonda by Glazunov. In Marseilles he conducted Prince Igor in 1996. In 1998 in Monte Carlo he prepared a tour of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic and toured with them in many Spanish cities with great success with the soloist Maxim Vengerov. He worked with the musicians of the Paris Conservatoire in a programme with Rachmaninov, Shostakovitch and Prokofiev in 2002.
From September 2998 he began a period as principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. During the period 1998-2001 he conducted programmes which included Mahler's 3rd Symphony, a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies, all the symphonies of Rachmaninov and music of Bartok, Messiaen and a season of Russian and French music. One highlight was the performance of Bartok's Bluebeard's Castle in concert as well as the Miraculous Mandarin and the Concerto for Orchestra. For Opera Ireland he conducted Verdi's Macbeth, I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana, Shostakovitch's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov and Puccini's Tosca. For Wexford Festival Opera he conducted Tchaikovsky's Tcherevitchki, Rubenstein's Demon and Gomez' Fosca.
He is a regular guest conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland with whom he conducted among others Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Mahler's 2nd Symphony The Resurrection and Berlioz' Symphonie Fantastique. In August 2002 Alexander Anissimov conducted two complete Wagner Ring Cycles in concert performance with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland in association with Opera Ireland. The first cycle took place in University Concert hall, Limerick, followed by a second cycle in Symphony Hall, Birmingham, UK. His Wagner Ring Cycle was acclaimed as the outstanding musical highlight of 2002 in Birmingham UK by the Birmingham Post, and received the Allianz Business2Arts Award in Ireland as the most outstanding arts event of 2002. He is Hon President of the Wagner Society in Ireland.
In addition to this work in Ireland, Russia and Belarus, Alexander Anissimov has the world as his podium., In 1999 he conducted Shostakovitch's 8th Symphony with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in England, Rigoletto in Mannheim and La Forza del Destino at Hamburg Opera. Additional operatic work has included Houston Grand Opera USA with Prince Igor, Berlin Komische Oper with Boris Godunov and the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, for Evgeniy Onegin as well as Verdi's Requiem and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem in Dublin. He conducted the closing performance of the Sviridov Festival in St Petersburg in 2002. He has made several appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Iceland in Reykjavik and with Holland Sinfonia in the Netherlands, and has worked with Oslo Opera for Prokofiev's Cinderella, the State Opera of South Australia for Andrea Chenier and Teatro Liceo, Barcelona, for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. During the period he has also conducted symphonic programmes with orchestras in Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Future plans include invitations in Germany, Hungary, Korea and India, as well as a debut with the Australian Youth Orchestra in May 2005.
In 2001 Alexander Anissimov received an Honorary Doctorate in Music honora causa from the National University of Ireland for his services to music in Ireland.
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