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Kovnir Serhii

Honoured Artist of Ukraine.

Laureate of the Voice of Ukraine Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2001), the M. Lysenko International Music Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2002, III prize), the All-Ukrainian Competition-Review under the New Names of Ukraine Programme (2002), the All-Russian Opera Singers Competition "St. Petersburg" (Russia, 2003, I prize), the B. Hmyrya International Vocal Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2004, Gold Medal), the All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Singers "Youth of Dnipro" (Dnipro, Ukraine, 2004, Gold Medal). Borys Hmyrya International Vocal Competition (Kyiv, Ukraine, 2004, First Prize and Gold Medal), All-Ukrainian Competition of Young Performers "Youth of Dnipro" (Dnipro, Ukraine, 2004, Second Prize), and the Vishnevskaya International Opera Singers Competition (Moscow, Russia, 2007, Third Prize).
He graduated from the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine (2006, class of People's Artist of the USSR, professor Yevhen Miroshnychenko).

2002-2003 - soloist of the House of Organ Music (Dnipro), State Academic Music Theatre for Children and Youth (Kyiv).
Since 2003 - soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine.

Roles:
Sobakin, Malyuta Skuratov, Tsar Saltan (The Tsar's Bride, The Tale of Tsar Saltan by N. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Pimen (Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky)
Gremin, Zaretsky, King René (Eugene Onegin, Iolanta by P. Tchaikovsky)
Old gypsy (Aleko by Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Don Basilio (The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini)
Timur, Bonza, Angelotti, Collen (Turandot, Madame Butterfly, Floria Tosca, La bohème by G. Puccini)
Sparafucile, Pharaoh, Banquo, Ferrando, Philip II, Zachariah (Rigoletto, Aida, Macbeth, Il Trovatore, Don Carlos, Nabucco by G. Verdi)
Mephistopheles, Wagner ("Faust" by Gounod)
Alvise ("Gioconda" by A. Ponchielli)
Orovese (Norma by G. Bellini)
Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti)
Commodore (Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart)
Bass parts: Symphony No. 14 by D. Shostakovich, Requiem by G. Verdi, Requiem by W. A. Mozart.

He gave recitals at the House of Organ Music (Dnipro) and St Andrew's Church (Kyiv). He took part in the L. Sobinov International Festival (Saratov, Russia, 2004), the Salzburg Festival (Eugene Onegin under D. Barenboim, Austria, 2007), and the Chaliapin Opera Festival (Kazan).

He has toured Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Russia, Portugal, France, Holland, Japan and other countries.
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