Alexander Markeev
In 2001, Alexander Markeev graduated from the Rostov State University and in 2005, he finished his postgraduate studies at the Russian Academy of Science as a geneticist. In 2010, he finished the Vocal Department of the International Slavic Institute in Moscow. In 2007–2010, he studied at the Galina Vishnevskaya Vocal Centre under Badri Maisuradze. In 2010, he underwent traineeship in Sandefjord under Mark Sustro and Johnathan Miller. In 2010–2011, he was a soloist of the New Opera Theatre in Moscow. In 2012, he appeared with the Russian Philharmonia Orchestra as a guest soloist. Since 2012, he has been a guest soloist of the Polyansky Russian State Symphony Cappella. Since 2013, he has been a soloist of the Pokrovsky Chamber Musical Theatre. In spring 2019, he performed Dosifey in Mussorgsky’s Khovanshchina at the Budapest Spring Festival. In September 2019, he appeared in the title role of Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tale of Tsar Saltan in the opening night of its new production at the Bolshoi Theatre.
The singer has cooperated with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Valery Polyansky, Zoltán Peskó, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mark Sustro, Tugan Sokhiev, and other renowned conductors. He has appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Philharmonic Society, Béla Bartók Hall in Budapest, Moscow International House of Music, and Moscow Conservatoire among others.
Alexander Markeev’s répertoire includes bass roles in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina, and Fair at Sorochyntsi, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Iolanta, Oprichnik, and Cherevichki, Rachmaninoff’s Aleko and Miserly Knight, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride, and Servilia, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, Prokofiev’s War and Peace, Shostakovich’s Katerina Izmailova and Orango, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, and Idomeneo, Beethoven’s Leonora, Rossini’s Il turco in Italia, Verdi’s Nabucco, Don Carlos, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, Aida, and Rigoletto, Wolf-Ferrari’s I quatro rusteghi, Weber’s Die drei Pintos, Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro, Tosca, and La Bohème, Janáček’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky, Britten’s Little Sweep, as well as the bass solo in Verdi’s Requiem.
The singer has cooperated with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Valery Polyansky, Zoltán Peskó, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mark Sustro, Tugan Sokhiev, and other renowned conductors. He has appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow Philharmonic Society, Béla Bartók Hall in Budapest, Moscow International House of Music, and Moscow Conservatoire among others.
Alexander Markeev’s répertoire includes bass roles in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov, Khovanshchina, and Fair at Sorochyntsi, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Iolanta, Oprichnik, and Cherevichki, Rachmaninoff’s Aleko and Miserly Knight, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tsar’s Bride, and Servilia, Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex, Prokofiev’s War and Peace, Shostakovich’s Katerina Izmailova and Orango, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Don Giovanni, and Idomeneo, Beethoven’s Leonora, Rossini’s Il turco in Italia, Verdi’s Nabucco, Don Carlos, Simon Boccanegra, Otello, Aida, and Rigoletto, Wolf-Ferrari’s I quatro rusteghi, Weber’s Die drei Pintos, Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Il tabarro, Tosca, and La Bohème, Janáček’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky, Britten’s Little Sweep, as well as the bass solo in Verdi’s Requiem.
- Diploma for the “Bella Voce” International Student Vocal Competition (Moscow, 2005)
- 2nd Prize for the “Musica Classica” International Competition (Ruza, 2008)
