Kreizberg studied with Ilya Musin, and later at Tanglewood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute. Kreizberg was General Music Director (GMD) of the United Municipal Theaters of Krefeld and Monchengladbach from 1988 to 1994. He was GMD of the Komische Oper Berlin from 1994 to 2001. In parallel with his Berlin post, he was principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1995 to 2000.
Since 2003, Kreizberg is Chief Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He records regularly for Pentatone Classics, including recording projects with the Netherlands Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras, Vienna Symphony and the Russian National Orchestra. His first disc with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra (Bruckner Symphony No.7) was nominated in two categories at this year's Grammy Awards. He has made several concerto recordings with Julia Fischer. Kreizberg is scheduled to step down from both the Netherlands Philharmonic and Netherlands Chamber Orchestras in 2011. In October 2007, Kreizberg was appointed Music Director and Artistic Director of the Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, effective with the 2009-2010 season, for an initial contract of 5 years.
His brother is the conductor Semyon Bychkov.
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