Opera singer, tenor

Short biography

He graduated from Choir college named by Glinka and got the specialization “conductor of the academic choir” in 2005. In 2010 finished conducting faculty of the Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory named after Rimsky-Korsakov (teacher – professor V. Nesterov; in parallel he took vocal lessons from K. Pluzhnikov). Now he is a student of vocal department in Conservatory, he studies in the class of I. Bogacheva.

Took part in the production of opera by G.Persell “Dido and Aeneas” (Opera and ballet theatre of the Conservatory and the Hermitage theatre, 2006) and also in the concert “The world of the opera. Benjamin Britten” in the hall of the Academic Capella. In 2007 he performed the tenor in the ballet of L. Desyatnikov "As an old organ-grinder…” (Mariinsky theatre) and the part of boyar Ivan in the Hamburg premiere of the opera by I. Mattezon “Boris Godunov”, that was also staged in the Mikhailovsky theatre and the theatre “New opera” in Moscow (2007). Invited soloist of the Academic Philharmonic named after D. D. Shostakovich and Riga Philharmonic (since 2011). He performed in Latvia, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland and other counrties. Worked with such conductors as Vasily Sinaisky, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Alexander Titov, Leo Kremer, Saulius Sondetskis, Nikolay Alekseev, Valentin Nesterov, Maris Sirmais and others.

In singer’s repertoire – tenor roles in the works of I.S. Bach ("Passion for Matthew", "Passion for John", Christmas oratorio, Mass in B minor), G. Schutz ("The history of the resurrection of Jesus Christ"), G. Handel ("Feast of Alexander"), W.A. Mozart (Requiem, Coronation mass, Major mass, Tamino In "The magic flute"), J. Rossini (Mass of praise), J.-F. Rameau (the title role in "Pygmalion"), R. Schumann (the Requiem), F. Mendelssohn ("The First Walpurgis night", "Paul"), Th. Haydn (“Nelson-mass”), K. Orff (“Carmina Burana”), B. Britten (War Requiem), E. Lloyd Webber (Requiem), D. Bortnyansky (Pronim in "Alcide"), P.I. Tchaikovsky (Lensky in "Eugene Onegin", Vaudémont in "Iolanta", Chekalinsky in the “Queen of spades”), S. Rachmaninoff (the Young Gypsy in "Aleko"), I. F. Stravinsky ("Oedipus the King", "Les Noces").

Since 2015 he is the soloist of Mikhailovsky theatre. On its stage he sings tenor roles in the operas by W.-A. Mozart, J. Rossini, J. Verdi, J.-F., Halevy, R. Leoncavallo, A. Dvořák, L. Janáček, P.I. Tchaikovsky. He also took part in concert performances of “Snow Maiden” by A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Berendey) under the direction of Dmitry Yurovsky, “The Barber of Seville" by J. Rossini (Almaviva) led by Frederick Selena, "Aleko" by S. V. Rakhmaninov (Young Gypsies) as part of the concert for the anniversary of Sergei Leiferkus and "Don Pasquale" by G. Donizetti (Ernesto) under the baton of Mikhail Tatarnikov.