• Misha Katz was born at Rostov on Don, in U.S.S.R.
• He started studying the cello in 1959 and in 1971 went to the Tchaikovsky

Conservatory in Moscow to study with Mstislav ROSTROPOVITCH, his master and teacher.

• In 1972 he studied conducting with his father, Leonid KATZ, the outstanding Russian conductor and skilled and popular artist.
• He obtained his doctorate at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow in 1979.
• In 1982 he studied conducting with the famous composer and conductor Leonard BERNSTEIN.
• After his arrival in France in 1985 he formed the “Shostakovich Trio”.
• The artist and his trio were invited to record by SONY CLASSICAL in 1994.
• He has been invited to take  part in major international festivals , such as Monte Carlo , Bodensee , Palma de Majorca , Bregenz , Cervantino in Mexico City , Jerusalem , Santander, Harrogate , Sion , El Vendrell – Casals festival, Cannes , Flanders , Luxembourg, Sansepolcro, Moravia, Toblach-Mahler Festival… and has been invited to play  in the most prestigious concert  halls in the world , such as the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Alte Oper in Frankfurt , the Salle Pleyel in Paris , Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Conservatory Concert Hall , the Manoel Theatre in Malta , the Wigmore Hall in London , Ateneul Român in Bucharest, Palais des Festivals in Cannes, the Bolshoi Theater , Auditorium in Monte – Carlo, Herkulessal in Munich, Auditorium in Barcelona, Capella in Saint Petersburg, Grand Auditorium de l’UNESCO Paris Town Hall New York, Rialto Theatre  in Montreal
• In 1996- appointed “Permanent Conductor” of the Belorussian National Philharmonic Orchestra in Minsk.
• Since 1997 his career as a conductor has developed on a large scale, he has been invited to conduct orchestras all over the world:  in England, Belgium, Russia, France, Moldavia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Serbia, Switzerland, Romania, Poland, Denmark, Georgia, Sweden, Slovakia, Israel, Monaco, Ukraine, Germany,Bulgaria, Mexico, Italy, Macedonia, United States, Canada, Hungary, South America.
• Since 1998 he is appointed Permanent Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra “The Soloists from Russia” 
• In 2003 he is appointed Artistic Director of the “Solomon Mikhoels” International Festival in France, under the auspices of the President Jacques CHIRAC.
• In 2005 he is appointed Artistic Director of “The International Peace Festival”, under the auspices of the President Nicolas SARKOZY, and from 2012 under Francois HOLLANDE.

Now regarded as one of the finest cellists of the younger generation, Alexander Chaushian has performed extensively throughout the world as a soloist with orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia, the Academy of St Martin-in- the-Fields, The London Mozart Players, The Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, The Boston Pops and The Armenian Philharmonic, and has given highly acclaimed performances in such venues as London’s Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall, Sala Verdi Milan, Konzerthaus Vienna, Suntory Hall Japan, the main Carnegie Hall New York, and Symphony Hall Boston.

He performs regularly in festivals throughout the world and is the Artistic Director of the International Pharos Chamber Music Festival in Cyprus and the Yerevan Music Festival in Armenia.
After initial studies in Armenia, Alexander Chaushian studied in the UK at the Menuhin School and the Guildhall School, London. He then pursued advanced studies at the Hochschule Berlin, graduating with distinction in 2005. He is a laureate prize winner of many international competitions including the 12th International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the ARD Competition in Germany. As an alumnus of Young Concert Artists, New York, he toured extensively in the USA.

The Teatro Goldoni Orchestra established in 2020 from the main reference staff of the opera and symphonic seasons of the Theater has, over time, assumed connotations of stability, refinement and search for sonorities.

It represents a national and international point of reference for its Symphony Season and its productions such as Sheherazade by Rismky Korsakov performed for the first time in Livorno in November 2022 or Tchaikovsky's Symphony VI repeated 90 years after the first Italian performance conducted by Pietro Mascagni.

The artistic specificities of the orchestra are to be found in the Mascagnano, Pucciniano and Verdian opera repertoire. He actively participates every year in the Mascagni Festival in Livorno, giving new life to works by the composer from Livorno par excellence.

The conductors and soloists with whom the orchestra has collaborated have appreciated its dynamism and availability. The artists who have been able to appreciate it over time are: Anderson Dean, De Lorenzo Giancarlo, Fratta Gianna, Madaras Gergely, NG Wilson, Raskin Daniel, Smbatyan Sergey, Warner John, Blaumane Kristīna – Cellist, Brovtsyn Boris – Violinist, Cafaro Nicolò – Pianist, Chiacchiaretta Cesare – Bandoneonist, de Niese Danielle – Soprano, De Palma Dino – Violinist and Violist, Furia Fabio – Bandoneonist, Itamar Zorman – Violinist, Meloni Fabrizio – Clarinetist. Pellegrino Ettore – Violinist, Quaranta Salvatore – Violinist, Ruggiero Salvatore – Oboist, Semchuk Olexander – Violinist, Taverna Alessandro – Pianist, Yeol Eum Son – Pianist, Zhou Nancy – Violinist.