[clarification needed][1] Vladimir Borisov was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) and finished choir college of the Glinka Academic Capella in 1968.
He was a graduate of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and by 1973 became faculty of choral conducting there following by becoming a conductor of its opera and symphony five years later.
In April 2003 he became choir master of the Bolshoi Theatre where he directed chorus in such operas as Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Mazeppa and The Queen of Spades which were chosen by him in 2004.
Besides those operas he also did Rimsky-Korsakov's works such as The Snow Maiden and The Legend of the Invisible City and Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel and War and Peace.
In 2005 the chorus of Bolshoi Theatre had claimed the Golden Mask award for the performance of operas Macbeth and The Flying Dutchman.