Singer (bass-baritone), director, theater critic, teacher. Professor (1999). Honored Artist of Ukraine (2007), Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1967). Diploma winner of the All-Union Review of Amateur Art (Moscow, 1955).
Biography.
Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory (1962, vocal class of O. Baturin), Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts (1978, directing faculty).
Since 1962, he has been a soloist at the M. Akhundov Azerbaijan Opera and Ballet Theater (Baku), where he also staged Puccini's La bohème.
In 1970-1972, he was an intern at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, where he also studied at the Higher Courses of Directing with B. Pokrovsky.
From 1978 he studied at the Kyiv University of Theater, Cinema and Television: 1980-85 - artistic director of the directing course for foreign students, 1990-95 - the first music directing course in Ukraine, 1983-86 - dean of the theater faculty, since 1986 - head of the department of music education. At the same time, in 1978-84 he was a soloist of the Philharmonic, and from 1995 he taught at the National Music Academy of Ukraine.
He performed on the theater and concert stages of the CIS countries, Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Turkey, Austria, and others. He has recorded on the radio. Artistic director of productions:
"La bohème by G. Puccini (1994),
"Telephone" based on the opera by G. Menotti, 2001
"Coffee Cantata" by J.-C. Bach, 2001; all - National Opera of Ukraine, Kyiv
"Let's Put on an Opera by B. Britten (2002, Odesa Opera and Ballet Theater),
musical Sofia Pototska by O. Kostin (2001, Kyiv Operetta Theater);
"Fooled" by M. Kropyvnytskyi (1994; educational theater at the Kyiv University of Theater, Cinema and Television),
"Forest Song by V. Kyreiko (1999),
"La Traviata by G. Verdi (2000),
"Love Drink by G. Donizetti (2002),
"The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov (2004; all at the Young Opera Theater-Studio at the National Music Academy of Ukraine).
Among his students are V. Basha, O. Kaminska, K. Kashlykov, O. Kuzhelnyi, V. Pylypchak, T. Romaniuk, D. Savchenko.
Parties.
Boris Godunov (opera by M. Mussorgsky),
Melnyk (The Mermaid by A. Dargomyzhsky),
Prince Igor (opera by A. Borodin),
Renée (Iolanta by P. Tchaikovsky),
Mephistopheles (Faust by Gounod),
Escamillo (Carmen by G. Bizet),
Don Basilio (The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini).
Works.
Musical direction and acting skills. 1982;
Introduction to the basics of musical direction (operetta and musical). 1988;
Introduction to the basics of musical directing (about the experience of K. Stanislavsky and V. Nemirovich-Danchenko in musical theater). 1988;
Vocal education of a theater and film actor. 1989 (all - Kyiv);
Kurbanov V. Traditionality and Problems of Interpretation of an Opera Performance // Journal of the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine. Kyiv, 2009. №3. С.30-35.
