Alevtina Ioffe is a Russian conductor, born in Moscow, who has served as Chief Conductor of Bern Opera and Principal Guest Conductor of the Staatskapelle Weimar since the 2025/26 season. She trained in choral conducting, classical voice and piano at the Moscow State Conservatory, then spent a decade as Music Director of the Natalia Sats Theatre before leading the Mikhailovsky Theatre in St. Petersburg from 2021 to 2022 - the first woman to head a major Russian musical institution. She now appears regularly at venues including the Komische Oper Berlin, Gothenburg Opera and Seattle Opera, and has conducted the London Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony.
Ioffe conducts Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin in the 2025/26 season.
Ioffe took office as chief conductor of Bern Opera from the 2025/26 season and succeeded Nicholas Carter in the position.
Ioffe led the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra on a six-city European tour with stops in Munich, Innsbruck, Paris, Antwerp, Eindhoven and Linz.
In the 2024/25 season, Ioffe made his debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted the closing concert of the Geneva Singing Competition.
Ioffe made his debut with the Danish Philharmonic Orchestra and thus set foot on the Danish concert scene.
