tenor, opera soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre

Damir Zakirov graduated from the Zhiganov Kazan State Conservatory in 2010 in the class of Lyudmila Tserkovnikova. After graduating from the conservatory, he was a soloist at the Musa Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre and a guest soloist at the Erik Sapaev Mari State Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2012, the singer began working at the Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. In 2015, Damir Zakirov became a guest soloist of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, and in 2017 he joined the theatre’s opera troupe. Critics note not only the singer’s excellent vocal abilities, but also his artistry: “Damir Zakirov is an artistic singer, he knows to improvise, he is good in the role of lyrical heroes, but in comic roles he is simply incomparable.”
Damir Zakirov is a guest soloist of the “Zazerkalye” Theatre, the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre and the Musa Jalil Tatar Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre.