Sergei Lysenko was born in Voronezh. He studied oboe at the Voronezh Music College with Yuri Gritsei and graduated from the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, where he studied with Professor Ivan Pushechnikov.
He joined the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra in 1989 and became a soloist in 1991. That year he won first prize at the All-Union Woodwind Competition. He has taken part in the performance and recording of many of the theatre’s productions.
His solo albums include Tradition (1995), with the Bolshoi Theatre Chamber Orchestra; Unique Baroque Musique (2000), with Musica Viva; and Theme and Variations (2004), with the Orpharion Orchestra. Many of these recordings have been broadcast on Radio Orpheus.
He was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of Russia in 2006. Sergei Lysenko is also a composer: several of his works have been performed successfully in Moscow concert halls and broadcast on Radio Russia.
