Behzod Davronov, tenor

Aida Garifullina is a celebrated artist in the midst of an internationally acclaimed career. She is a regular guest artist of the world’s leading opera houses and concert venues, including the Royal Opera House (London), La Scala (Milan), the Metropolitan Opera (New York), Paris National Opera, Arena di Verona (Italy) and Salzburg Festival. Born in 1987 in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. Following initial studies in Nuremberg, Germany and The University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, Austria, Aida achieved huge recognition at Placido Domingo’s 2013 Operalia Competition, winning First Prize. She later joined the ensemble of the revered Vienna Staatsoper, regularly performing there whilst continuing to further her international career. On the operatic stage she has sung under the musical guidance of some of the most prominent conductors, including Valery Gergiev, Gustavo Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Antonio Pappano, Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Placido Domingo. Alongside a successful operatic career, Aida is a celebrated recording artist. Her acclaimed solo album “AIDA”, with Decca Records, won Best Solo Album of the year (ECHO), and in 2017 she was nominated for a Grammy (Best Opera Recording) for the Rimsky Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel”. 

Bekhzod Davrovnov is the winner of the Second Prize at Operalia in 2021. Bekhzod is an alumnus of The State Conservatory of Uzbekistan where he debuted the roles of Duca di Mantova Rigoletto, Tamino Die Zauberflöte, and the title role in Les Contes d’Hoffmann. He subsequently joined the Opera Studio of the Alisher Navoi Opera and Ballet Grand Academic Theater in Tashkent where he sung Young Gypsy Aleko and Boyar Lykov in The Tsar’s Bride. From Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Bekhzod is currently a member of the ensemble at The Bolshoi Theatre where recent highlights include Il Cavaliere Belfiore in a new production by Damiano Michieletto of Il Viaggio a Reims; Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni, both conducted by Tugan Sokhiev, and his role debut as Alfredo in La traviata.

The State Symphony Orchestra of the Chelyabinsk Region was created in 2019 with the assistance of Denis Matsuev. The presentations of the group were successfully held at the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg on November 16, 2019, on the closing day of the VIII St. Petersburg Cultural Forum and in 2021 on the stage of the Zaryadye Hall. The artistic director and chief conductor of the State Symphony Orchestra of the Chelyabinsk Region is Adik Abdurakhmanov.

This concert is not included in #зарядисьмузыкой (get charged by music) discount programme of the Moscow Concert Hall “Zaryadye”