Conductor

Conductor Ilyas Kamal graduated from the Kazan Music College in 2011 in the cello class of Larisa Maslova; already during his studies he began composing music and arranging pieces for various ensembles, and took lessons from Boris Trubin, professor at the Kazan State Conservatory and a well-known composer.

In 2011, he continued his studies at the Kazan State Conservatory, where he studied simultaneously in two faculties — the orchestral faculty and the faculty of music theory and composition. His mentors included People's Artist of Tatarstan and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, professor Albert Asadullin; Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation Boris Trubin; and Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Tatarstan Vitaly Kharisov.

In 2019, he completed his assistantship-internship at the Kazan State Conservatory (under the creative guidance of Vitaly Kharisov, Honored Art Worker of the Republic of Tatarstan), as well as a class in opera and symphonic conducting under Aidar Yarullin.

In October 2019, Ilyas Kamal was appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the orchestra of the Karim Tinchurin Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy.

In 2024, he graduated from the N. Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory in opera and symphonic conducting under professor Sergei Ferulev.

Work as staging conductor:

2019 — opera «Minem Taktash». Libretto by Ruzal Mukhametshin, orchestra of the «Sforzando» foundation

2019 — musical «Bashmagym-jazz». Music by Jaudat Faizi, arranged by Ilyas Kamal. K. Tinchurin Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy

2020 — musical director and conductor of the «Beznen Җyr» («Our Song») creative laboratory

2020 — comedy «Politsioner» («The Policeman»), by playwright Ilgiz Zainiev, directed by Tufan Imamutdinov. K. Tinchurin Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy

2020 — operetta «Mademoiselle Nitouche». Together with the orchestra of the K. Tinchurin Tatar State Theatre of Drama and Comedy, on the stage of the Zelenodolsk Musical Theatre

2021 — musical comedy «Khuja Nasretdin». Music by Jaudat Faizi and Ilyas Kamal. Opera studio of the Kazan State Conservatory, «Tatarica» orchestra, on the stage of the N. Sats Musical Theatre, Moscow

2022 — opera «Kara Pulat» («Black Chamber»). Music by Elmir Nizamov, libretto by Renat Kharis, at the K. Tinchurin Theatre

2022 — opera «Kara Pulat». Music by Elmir Nizamov, libretto by Renat Kharis, in the city of Bolgar, beside the ancient Black Chamber building

2023 — production «Idegәi». Music by Farhad Bakhtiyari. K. Tinchurin Theatre