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Artem Makarov began his professional education at the Secondary Special Music School at the Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Institute of Arts. In 2000, he graduated in piano from the Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Institute of Arts with distinction. In 2003, he completed his postgraduate studies at the Zagir Ismagilov Ufa State Institute of Arts in opera and symphonic conducting. In 2015, he enrolled for the two-year apprenticeship programme at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory.

In 1997, the young musician began his career at the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre as an opera company accompanist and later was appointed to the position of conductor.

From 2003 to 2010, the conductor combined work at the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Ankara State Opera and Ballet (Turkey), simultaneously being a guest conductor of the Istanbul State Opera and Ballet and collaborating with leading symphony orchestras of Turkey. The maestro also worked at Anadolu University (Eskişehir, Turkey), where he taught opera singing at the Vocal Arts Department for several years.

From 2010 to 2023, Artem Makarov was the principal conductor of the Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre. His productions with the Ufa theatre included Faust by Charles Gounod, The Tsar’s Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Hercules by George Frideric Handel, Carmen by Georges Bizet, Salavat Yulaev by Zagir Ismagilov, etc. He also conducted numerous concerts and international music competitions at the theatre.

From 2013 to 2015, Artem Makarov combined his activities in the theatre with his work as the musical director of the Antalya State Opera and Ballet, Turkey. His productions with the Antalya Opera House included Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and La bohème by Giacomo Puccini. In September 2014, he took part in the 21st Aspendos International Opera and Ballet Festival in Turkey (La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi).

In 2016, he co-organized the 1st Feodor Chaliapin International Singing Competition (Ufa).

In 2017, Artem Makarov was awarded the Golden Mask National Theatre Award. In 2019 and 2020, he joined the jury of the Golden Mask National Theatre Award, as well as the expert council of the Onegin National Opera Award.

In 2020, Artem Makarov was awarded the Musical Heart of the Theatre Award in the Best Conductor category for the production of Jacques Offenbach's La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein.

In 2021, the title of the People's Artist of the Republic of Bashkortostan was bestowed on the maestro.

In 2023, he became the principal conductor of the Natalia Sats Moscow State Opera and Ballet Theatre for Young Audience, where he conducted the world premieres of operas Das Nusch-Nuschi by Paul Hindemith and Die Vögel by Walter Braunfels, as well as ballets Giselle by Adolphe Adam and Romeo and Juliet by Sergey Prokofiev.

In 2023, he was appointed the principal conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus. 
In May 2025, he was nominated Artistic Director of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus.

His productions with the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus include: 

2023 Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

2024 Pathétique Memory Book, based on the pieces by Belarusian composers and documentary evidence of the tragedy and heroism of the Belarusian people during the Great Patriotic War

2024 Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

2025 DANSES Evening of One-Act Ballets: Boléro. Danse macabre. Carmen to the music of Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Georges Bizet (musical director and conductor)

The Maid of Orleans by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Artem Makarov is a regular participant in significant events celebrating national holidays and anniversaries. Under his baton, a concert titled "Cultural Code: Traditions, Quality, Modernity" by Belarusian artists took place at the theatre on 3 July 2024, commemorating the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus.

In April 2024, he took part in the International Opera Festival “Slavic House” at the Dmitri Shostakovich Samara Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.

In July 2024, as part of the company’s tour to Nicaragua, he conducted the gala concert marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belarus from Nazi onvaders and the 45th anniversary of the Nicaragua Revolution held at the Rubén Darío National Theater in Managua.

The following year, in April 2025, Pathétique Memory Book was presented on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre of Russia under the maestro’s baton. This performance, marking the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Belarus and Russia, was organized by the Ministries of Culture of both countries, the Standing Committee of the Union State, and ROSCONCERT.

In May 2025, Makarov again participated in a tour of the company to Nicaragua, conducting a gala concert at the Rubén Darío National Theater.

In October 2025, the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus gave a guest performance of The Maid of Orleans, conducted by Artem Makarov, on the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theatre in Russia, as part of the festival of musical theatres “To See Music.”