Andriy Shkurgan (baritone),
winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine,
Honored Artist of Ukraine
Born on November 27, 1961, in Sambir (Lviv Oblast), Ukraine, into a Ukrainian-Polish family of professional musicians.
From 1978 to 1983, he studied computer science and applied mathematics at Chernivtsi University. From 1983, he studied at the Vocal Department of the M. Lysenko Lviv Academy of Music, graduating in 1989 with a degree in opera singing, chamber singing, and solo voice instruction. In June 1998, he graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Warsaw (specializing in the Polish language).
In 1991, he was hired as a permanent soloist at the Grand Theater (Teatr Wielki) in Łódź, where he worked from 1991 to 1994.
In the fall of 1994, he joined the Wrocław Opera, where he worked for one season. From 1995 to 2008, he was a soloist at the Grand Theater of the National Opera in Warsaw, where he performed in a number of premieres, including the title role in Tchaikovsky’s opera *Mazeppa* and the role of Rigoletto in Verdi’s *Rigoletto*; in the role of the Sword Bearer in Stanisław Moniuszko’s opera “The Haunted Manor”; and in the role of Sharpless in Puccini’s opera “Madame Butterfly.” He also performed the roles of Nabucco in the opera “Nabucco,” Germont in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Janusz in Moniuszko’s “Halka,” and Escamillo in Bizet’s “Carmen.”
Dina taun 1998-2002 anjeunna ngajar nyanyi solo di Konservatorium Warsawa.
Dina taun 1993-2016 anjeunna damel di Opera Silesia (Opera Śląska) di Bytom.
Dina taun 1991-2005 anjeunna ogé kolaborasi sareng Opera di Szczecin, Opera Krakow, Opera Nowa di Bydgoszcz, Opera Baltik di Gdańsk sareng Opera Poznań.
Salila mangtaun-taun damelna di panggung opera dunya, Andriy Shkurgan parantos ngalaksanakeun langkung ti 50 peran kelas hiji tina repertoar opera. Anjeunna parantos ngalaksanakeun di panggung opera sareng konser di Éropa, Amérika Kidul, sareng AS.
Dina taun 1988-1996 anjeunna janten juara sawelas kompetisi vokal internasional.
Dina taun 1998, anjeunna dileler medali pérak "Kanggo Jasa dina Widang Budaya di Ukraina" sareng gelar kahormatan "Seniman Terhormat Ukraina", dina taun 2000, Hadiah Nasional Taras Shevchenko Ukraina (panghargaan pangluhurna Ukraina dina widang sastra, budaya sareng seni). Dina taun anu sami, anjeunna dileler Ordo Internasional St. Nicholas Ukraina pikeun kagiatan amal internasional. Dina bulan Pebruari 2006, anjeunna dileler Salib Malaikat Jibril "Panji-panji Kahormatan Rahayat" sareng janten Warga Kehormatan kota Kyiv.
Saprak taun 1999, anjeunna parantos damel di Républik Céko, dina taun 1999-2004 anjeunna janten tamu di Brno. Dina taun 2003-2008 sareng 2009-2010 anjeunna damel salaku solois tamu Teater Moravian-Silesia di Ostrava, jsb.
Saatos kacilakaan parah dina awal Juli 2008, anjeunna istirahat sataun kusabab alesan kaséhatan. Dina Méi 2009, anjeunna mimiti damel deui sareng Opera Ostrava sareng neraskeun kolaborasina sareng téater Ostrava sareng Opava dina usum 2009-2010. Anjeunna parantos damel di Téater Liberec ti saprak 2012, dimana anjeunna nyanyi bagian bariton utama.
Andriy Shkurgan parantos ngalaksanakeun peran judul dina Nabucco karya Verdi langkung ti 400 kali. Anjeunna ngalaksanakeun Nabucco terakhir di Liberec dina Désémber 2024.
