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Ilya Silchukov ♬(Belarusian: Ілля Сільчукоў; ) (Russian: ИЛЬЯ СИЛЬЧУКОВ) was born in Minsk, Belarus in 1982 and debuted his career in Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky at the Belarus National Academic Opera And Ballet Theatre in 2005. Ever since his debut he is performing all over the Europe and shared his appearance at Frankfurt Oper, Teatro Dell’ Opera di Roma, Slovenske Narodne Divadlo Bratislava, Narodne Divadlo Brno, Estonian State Opera, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz, Perm’ State Opera. His academic and vocal achievements had shown his preparedness and the alertness of a true opera singer.
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Early life and education
Ilya Silchukov was Born and grew up in Minsk, Belarus. At the age of 6 in 1988 he began studies of music. In 2000 he graduated with Honors From the State Musical Lyceum by the Belarus State Academy of Music in Minsk. As his base education he studied choir conducting. Starting from 9th grade, Ilya began attending voice performance classes of baritone Sergey Kostin. In 2002 Silchukov graduated from Minsk State Musical College n.a. M. Glinka classes of professor Adam Murzich majoring in Vocal Performance. In 2005 Ilya Silchukov earned a BFA and in 2007 MD in Voice Performance at Belarus State Academy of Music under the tutelage of docents/ associate professors Petr Riedeger and Larisa Shymanovitch. In 2011 Silchukov was selected for Young Singers Program of Salzburger Festspiele where he worked with Christa Ludwig, Piotr Beczała, Michael Schade, Simon Keenlyside, Marc Minkowski and Ivor Bolton.
Early career
In 2005 Silchukov debuted his career in Eugene Onegin by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky entering the ensemble of the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus in Minsk. Silchukov's International debut was in 2009 at Parnu International Opera Festival as Athanael in J. Massenett's "Thais" with Veronika Dzhioeva (Russia), Staged by Mai Murdmaa and directed by Erki Pehk. The next years brought performances in many important opera houses (Including Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Oper Frankfurt, Israeli Opera, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi, Opéra national de Montpellier a.k.a (Opéra Comédie), Estonian National Opera, Slovak National Theater, Janáček Theatre, Vorarlberger Landestheater, Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Moldova National Opera Ballet and others.
Awards and Achievements
Competitions
In 2001 Ilya Silchukov won his first vocal contest by getting 1st Prize of 2nd National S. Maniuszko Vocal Competition in Cherven, Belarus. Following his success Ilya went on to compete at numerous vocal competitions around the world. Among most honored competitions attended are: Belvedere Competition, Claudia Taev Competition, Muslim Magomaev Competition...
Discography
RACHMANINOV, S.: Troika- Aleko / The Miserly Knight / Francesca da Rimini (La Monnaie - De Munt, 2015) (NTSC) Label: Bel Air Classiques
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: BAC133
Barcode: 3760115301337
Distribution Note(s):
Available Worldwide
Physical Release: 08/2016
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