Evgeniy Sporov

Dr. Evgeniy Sporov is a distinguished violinist, violist, conductor, educator, and music administrator with a career spanning over three decades. He has performed extensively as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Currently, Dr. Sporov serves as an Adjunct Professor of Violin and Viola at William Jessup University, where he also conducts the chamber orchestra. Additionally, he is the conductor and artistic director of the Folsom Lake College Youth Chamber Orchestra, for which he played a pivotal role in developing the curriculum. As the Academic Advising Coordinator at the Pacific Institute of Music, he oversees educational programs while maintaining a thriving violin and viola studio. Beyond academia, Dr. Sporov is an accomplished orchestral musician. His orchestral experience includes serving as concertmaster, assistant concertmaster, and section violinist with several symphony orchestras, including the Traverse Symphony, Midland Symphony, Jackson Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Lansing Symphony, Modesto Symphony, Solano Symphony, and the Michigan State Symphony Orchestra. A dedicated music educator, Dr. Sporov has held faculty positions at esteemed institutions and summer programs such as the Interlochen Fine Arts & Blue Lake Fine Arts Camps. Prior to relocating to the United States in 2000, he served as the regional supervisor for the string departments of 127 music schools and three music colleges in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. Dr. Sporov is also a board member of the Classical Masters Music Festival and serves as the president of Pacific ChamberFest, an international chamber music program dedicated to fostering young artistic talent. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and a Master of Music in Chamber Music from the Glinka State Conservatory. In 2006, he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance from Michigan State University.