Yevgeny Nesterenko (Bass)
Yevgeny Yevgenievich
Nesterenko (born 8 January 1938) is a renowned Russian operatic
bass.
Nesterenko's first profession was architecture, graduating from the
Engineering and Construction Institute in Leningrad. But he was called to music,
and he studied under Vasily Lukanin at the Leningrad Conservatory. At his last
year at the conservatory (1965) Nesterenko was invited to sing at Leningrad's
Maly Opera Theatre and after graduation joined the famous Mariinsky Opera and
Ballet Theatre. He won the gold medal at the 4th Moscow International
Tchaikovsky Competition, which won him an invitation to Moscow's Bolshoi
Theatre.
Nesterenko has sung over
80 leading bass parts and performed 21 operas in their original languages. He
performed the main parts in operas by Glinka, Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky and
Borodin, and was the first to perform many works by Shostakovich, Sviridov and
Taktakishvili.
Nesterenko's enormous
repertoire ranges from deep bass to baritone parts in operas by classical
Russian and West-European composers. His finest role is considered to be Tsar
Boris in Mussorgsky's opera Boris Godunov, which won him the
"Golden Viotti" medal in Italy in 1981.
Nesterenko has performed
on the world's best and most prestigious stages, such as the Metropolitan Opera,
Covent Garden, the Vienna State Opera and La Scala. He has been awarded the
highest Austrian, Italian, German and Russian awards for his singing. He is the
winner of the Giovanni Zenatello Prize "For an outstanding embodiment of the
central character in the opera Attila by Verdi". He is the winner of
the Chaliapin Prize of the Creativity Academy and the holder of many other
titles and awards.
Nesterenko has recorded about 70 records and discs, including 20 operas in
full. He is also an outstanding chamber singer with a subtle taste,
expressiveness and sense of style.
He is also known as an
outstanding teacher. He teaches at the Moscow Conservatory and the Higher Music
School in Vienna. Nesterenko is the author of two books - "My Way of Working
with Singers" and "Reflections on My Profession" - and is the author of over 200
printed works.
He is one of the most experienced music competition jurors in the
world.
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