Stanislav Kochanovsky is chief conductor of the NDR Radio Philharmonic in Hamburg, Germany. He has expressed a desire not to work any longer in his home country. Kochanovsky has a long résumé containing guest appearances with orchestras in Western Europe and the U.S. In 2025, he made his recording debut, issuing an album of works by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov with the NDR Radio Philharmonic.