Maxim Valkov collaborated with the orchestras of the Ulyanovsk Philharmonic, North Caucasian State Philharmonic (Kislovodsk). Conductor-producer of following performances at the St. Petersburg Opera: Elektra, Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers), Faust, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), Esmeralda.