Name

Damir Zakirov

Lyrical tenor – Russia, Saint-Petersburg – Born 27.09.1984

AWARDS – Winner of the 1stInternational Singing Competition in Grandate (Italy, 2014), laureate of the Opera Festival in Rheinsberg (Germany, 2013), prize winner of the II Muslim Magomaev International Vocalists Contest (Moscow, 2012), laureate of the Rachmaninov International Competition (Saint-Petersburg, 2012), laureate of II Vocal and Theatre Arts International Competition «Citrus voices»(Saint-Petersburg, 2013), laureate of International Competition «Bella Voce» (Moscow, 2005), Feodor Chaliapin Sr. Awards winner, President of Tatarstan (M.Shaimiev) grant winner, multiple grant holder of Russian and Tatarstan MOC.

Constant participant of Presidential andGovernment Summits. He visited together with Republic of Tatarstan delegates Brussels, London, Bangkok, Istanbul, Baku, Moscow, where he took part in concerts.

EDUCATION Kazan State Conservatoire named after N.G.Zhiganov – (graduated with honors, class of L.Tserkovnikova)

REPERTOIRE
Nemorino (L`elisird`amore, G.Donizetti), Conte Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia, G.Rossini), Don Ramiro (La Cenerentola, G.Rossini), Lindoro (L`Italiana in Algeri, G.Rossini), Alberto (La Gazza, G.Rossini), Nadir (Les Pecheurs des perles, G.Bizet), Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte, W.A.Mozart), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni, W.A.Mozart), Tamino (Die Zauberflöte, W.A.Mozart), Duca di Mantova (Rigoletto, G.Verdi), Alfredo (Traviata, G.Verdi), Lensky (Eugene Onegin, P. Tchaikovsky), Voudemont (Iolanta, P.Tchaikovsky),  Berendey (The Snow Maiden, Rimsky-Korsakov), Young Gipsy (Aleko,S.Rachmaninoff), Vladimir Igorevich (Prince Igor, A.Borodin), Carmina Burana (C.Orff), Spoletta (Tosca, G.Puccini), Beppo (Arlechin) (Pagliacci, R.Leoncavallo), Yurodivy (Boris Godunov, M.Mussorgsky), Alexis (Siberia, U.Giordano), Jew (The Miserly Knight,S.Rachmaninoff).

Requiem, Mass inС major,Mass in c minor (W.A.Mozart),Symphony No.9(L.Beethoven),Great Mass (C.Saint-Saens).

WORK EXPERIENCE
2017
Hungarian State Opera: Nemorino (L`elisird`amore, G.Donizetti). 11th and 16thNovember
2016
The Bolshoi Theatre (The State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia): September
Nemorino (L`elisird`amore, G.Donizetti), Alberto (La Gazzetta, G.Rossini).

Mariinsky theatre (invited soloist)     May, 2015-present Mikhailovsky theatre  (invited soloist)  April, 2015-August, 2017
September, 2017-present St. Petersburg Opera Theatre(invited soloist) March, 2015-present Opera and Ballet Theatre (the Komi Republic, Syktyvkar) October, 2014-present invited soloist, in 2015 went on tour with the theatre(from February to May and from September to October) to London, where they had great success

 

Children’s Musical TheatreZazerkalie (St.Petersburg, Russia) March, 2013-present invited soloist
The Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory  December, 2012-August, 2017
soloist Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre  2010-2011 invited soloist
Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Musa Jalil2010-2011

CONDUCTORS
Collaborated with FuatMansurov, Leo Kremer, AlexanderPolyanichko, Alexander Klevitsky, Stefan Sanderling, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Vladimir Jurowski, Dmitri Jurowski, Pavel Bubelnikov, Alexander Sladkovsky and others.

 DIRECTORS
Alexei Stepanyuk, Alexander Petrov, Yuri Alexandrov, Stanislav Gaudasinsky, Frank Matthus, ÉricVigié, Jürgen Flimm,Alain Maratrat and others.

In December 2013 he performed a duet with famous German soprano EditaGruberová at the stage of “Mercedes-Benz Berlin”.
In April 2016 at Mikhailovsky Theatre he performed with Sergei Leiferkusin opera “The Miserly Knight” by Sergei Rachmaninoff.