In 2014, he gave a remarkable debut in Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Teatro de la Maestranza. These critically acclaimed performances were quickly followed by a series of symphonic guest engagements throughout Europe.
The 2016/17 season included a major international tour with the Il Pomo d'Oro Orchestra and Joyce DiDonato, his debut at the Zurich Opera House in Mozart's Abduction from the Seraglio and his debut with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, which he has conducted three times a year since then.
In addition to his fourth visit to the Orchestre National du Capitol de Toulouse and the Real Orquesta Sinfonica de Sevilla, Maxim made his debut with the following orchestras in 2017/18: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Orchestre National de Belgique, Orchestre National de Bordeaux and the Saint-Petersburg Symphony. An invitation to conduct the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in the Schubert Symphony No. 9 led to the enthusiastic musicians appointing him as their new chief conductor with effect from autumn 2019.
In 2018, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra appointed Maxim as its Principal Conductor from the 2019/20 season.
In the 2018/19 season, Emelyanychev made his debut with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen and the Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. Maxim also took Il Pomo d'Oro on a three-week tour of Asia and the Middle East with Joyce DiDonato.
In November 2019, at the very first concert of his tenure as Chief Conductor, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra extended his contract until 2025.